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A Lurking Threat of Community-Acquired Acinetobacter Meningitis-A Rare Case Report from Punjab, India

Navodhya Jindal1, Sonia Jain2, Arghya Bhowmick3

  • 1Harvard Medical Centre, Moga 142001, Punjab, India.

Medicines (Basel, Switzerland)
|April 21, 2022
PubMed

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Community-acquired Acinetobacter meningitis is rare. This case highlights Acinetobacter lwoffii

Area of Science:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Neuroscience
  • Microbiology

Background:

  • Acinetobacter spp. are a significant cause of nosocomial meningitis, particularly post-neurosurgery.
  • Community-acquired Acinetobacter meningitis is exceptionally rare in medical literature.

Observation:

  • A patient from Punjab, India, developed meningitis following a roadside accident with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) otorrhea.
  • The causative agent was identified as Acinetobacter lwoffii.

Findings:

  • This case represents the first reported instance of community-acquired Acinetobacter meningitis in Punjab, India.
  • Treatment involved cephalosporin antibiotics guided by antibiotic sensitivity testing.

Implications:

  • Highlights the pathogenic potential of Acinetobacter lwoffii in community settings.
  • Raises concerns about the potential evolution of Acinetobacter into a drug-resistant community pathogen.
Keywords:
Acinetobacterantibioticscommunity-acquiredmeningitisnosocomial infection

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