A Case of Coccidioidal Meningitis With Biofilm Obstructing VP Shunt Due to Cutibacterium acnes .
Rupam SharmaRoyce H JohnsonGerard R DavidMajid RahimifarArash HeidariPublished in: Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports (2023)
Herein described is a case of biofilm obstructing ventriculoperitoneal shunt due to Cutibacteirum acnes infection in a patient with coccidioidal meningitis. Cutibacterium acnes infects and obstructs cerebral shunts by the production of biofilm; however, diagnosis is usually missed by routine aerobic cultures. Obtaining anaerobic cultures routinely in patients with foreign body implants leading to central nervous system infections could prevent a missed diagnosis of this pathogen. Penicillin G is the first-line treatment.
Keyphrases
- candida albicans
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- staphylococcus aureus
- cerebrospinal fluid
- biofilm formation
- pulmonary artery
- cystic fibrosis
- microbial community
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- case report
- clinical practice
- escherichia coli
- coronary artery
- blood brain barrier
- pulmonary hypertension
- soft tissue
- sewage sludge
- disease virus