Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium-associated encephalitis and concurrent cerebellitis
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Kyusik Kang1, Sung-Soo Yoon2,3,4, Byung-Woo Yoon5,6*
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
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
Cent. Eur. J. Med. , 6(4) , 2011 , 470-474 Received 15 November 2010; Accepted 27 April 2011
