Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas 79763, USA.
Heart Lung. 2011 Sep-Oct;40(5):467-71. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.09.002. Epub 2011 Mar 16.
Community-acquired meningitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci in adults has been rarely reported and generally develops in patients with ventricular shunts or after neurosurgery or neurotrauma. Staphylococcus capitis is a rare cause of adult meningitis. We describe a patient with community-acquired meningitis due to S. capitis, in the absence of traditional risk factors, with atypical presentation.
成人凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌性社区获得性脑膜炎鲜有报道,通常发生于脑室分流术后或神经外科或神经外伤后患者。头状葡萄球菌是成人脑膜炎的少见病因。我们报道了 1 例无传统危险因素、表现不典型的头状葡萄球菌性成人脑膜炎患者。