Sphingobacterium multivorum Meningitis in an Immunocompetent Patient with Pituitary Macroadenoma Apoplexy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Published: October 1, 2023 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2023/64118.18584
Akanksha Dubey, Chinmoy Sahu, Shailesh Sengar, Mitra Kar
1. Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2. Additional Professor, Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
3. Junior Resident, Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
4. Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Mitra Kar,
Senior Resident, Department of Microbiology, 2nd Floor, C-Block, SGPGIMS, Lucknow-226014, Uttar Pradesh, India.
E-mail: mitrakar25@gmail.com
Sphingobacterium multivorum is a Gram-negative bacterium previously classified as a Flavibacterium. It produces non lactose fermenting colonies and is capable of producing oxidase and catalase enzymes. It is found ubiquitously in the environment and has been isolated from food, plants, soil, and aquatic environments, including hospital water supplies. Only a few cases of clinical infections caused by Sphingobacterium multivorum have been reported. Most cases of infection have been demonstrated in immunosuppressed patients. This case report presents the case of a 23-year-old immunocompetent woman with pituitary macroadenoma haemorrhage who developed Sphingobacterium meningitis following neurosurgery and subsequently died from cardiac arrest.
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