Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium-associated encephalitis and concurrent cerebellitis

• Autorzy: Kyusik Kang , Sung-Soo Yoon , Byung-Woo Yoon
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Enterococci are uncommon etiologic agents of central nervous system infections. We describe a case of nosocomial encephalitis and concurrent cerebellitis associated with Enterococcus faecium in a man, with extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, who underwent high-dose chemotherapy and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Brain magnetic resonance images showed lesions in the bihemispheral cerebellar cortex with swelling and several small lesions in both cerebral hemispheres. The blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures were positive for vancomycin-resistant E. faecium. Vancomycin-resistant E. faecium can cause encephalitis and concurrent cerebellitis in an immunocompromised patient who underwent autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Cerebellitis; Encephalitis; Enterococcus faecium; Vancomycin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation; Extranodal NK-T-cell lymphoma

• Czasopismo: Open Medicine
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: 6
• Numer: 4
• Strony: 470-474

Daty

wydano

2011-08-01

online

2011-06-01

Twórcy

autor

Kyusik Kang

• Department of Neurology, Eulji General Hospital, 280-1 Hagye 1-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

autor

Sung-Soo Yoon

autor

Byung-Woo Yoon,

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DOI

10.2478/s11536-011-0041-1