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Postoperative meningitis due to a rare pathogen; Alcaligenes xylosoxidans

Central European Journal of Medicine (impact factor: 0.31). 04/2012; 4(4):532-535. DOI:10.2478/s11536-009-0031-8 pp.532-535

ABSTRACT Alcaligenes xylosoxidans is non-fermenting gram-negative bacilli found in soil and water. It is an aerobic bacterium in the genus Achromobacter. This
bacterium is motile, oxidase positive, and catalase positive, which is isolated uncommonly from clinical specimens. In the
present paper, we report a case of meningitis associated with A. xylosoxidans in a 38-year-old male patient post neurosurgery.

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Keywords

38-year-old male patient post neurosurgery
 
A. xylosoxidans
 
aerobic bacterium
 
catalase positive
 
clinical specimens
 
oxidase positive