Feculent meningitis: polymicrobial meningitis in colorectal surgery.

Abstract

Polymicrobial anaerobic meningitis is a rare event secondary to a contiguous infection in the head or neck. Anaerobic meningitis due to a meningo-intestinal fistula is a rare event with only two cases reported in the literature. We describe a new case of adult polymicrobial anaerobic meningitis after colorectal surgery and radiotherapy and review the previous two cases.

• Authors: J M García-Lechuz, S Hernangómez, R San Juan, E Bouza
• Journal: Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease (Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis) Vol. 38 Issue 3 Pg. 169-70 (Nov 2000) ISSN: 0732-8893 [Print] United States
• PMID: 11109015 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Aged
• Bacteria, Anaerobic (isolation & purification)
• Central Nervous System Diseases (complications)
• Humans
• Male
• Meningitis, Bacterial (etiology, microbiology)
• Rectal Fistula (complications)
• Rectal Neoplasms (complications, radiotherapy, surgery)