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- Title
Fatal Meningitis in Patient with X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease Caused by Virulent Granulibacter bethesdensis.
- Authors
Rebelo, Mafalda; Li Ding; Cordeiro, Ana Isabel; Neves, Conceição; Simões, Maria João; Zelazny, Adrian M.; Holland, Steven M.; Neves, João Farela; Ding, Li
- Abstract
Granulibacter bethesdensis is a pathogen reported to cause recurrent lymphadenitis exclusively in persons with chronic granulomatous disease. We report a case of fatal meningitis caused by a highly virulent G. bethesdensis strain in an adolescent in Europe who had chronic granulomatous disease.
- Subjects
EUROPE; CHRONIC granulomatous disease; MENINGITIS; LYMPHADENITIS; ADOLESCENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL models; CHEST X rays; GRAM-negative bacterial diseases; GRANULOMA; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; MICE; RNA; MICROBIAL virulence; TREATMENT effectiveness; GRAM-negative aerobic bacteria; BACTERIAL meningitis; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 5, p976
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2505.181505