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Reminder of important clinical lesson
CASE REPORT
Community-acquired Pseudomonas aeruginosa meningitis
Summary
Gram-negative bacilli such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa are a rare cause of meningitis. Patients developing P. aeruginosa meningitis most commonly have a history of neurosurgical procedures. We report a patient who presented with community-acquired chronic meningitis secondary to P. aeruginosa, related to surgery for otosclerosis 5 years previously.
- infections
- ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology
- meningitis
- infection (neurology)
- therapeutic indications