Abstract

PAREDES-RODRIGUEZ, Danny; VILLALOBOS-VINDAS, Juan; AVILES-MONTOYA, Alvaro  and  ALVARADO-CERDAS, Enrique. Meningitis por Kluyvera sp. en una paciente con una derivación lumbo-peritoneal: reporte de un caso. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2002, vol.44, n.3, pp.126-127. ISSN 0001-6002.

We describe the case of a female patient with a previous lumboperitoneal shunt, who developed bacterial meningitis Kluyvera sp. was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid. To our knowledge this is the first case of CNS infection by this microorganism. This pathogen was very sensitive to third generation cephalosporins; and was treated succesfully with cefotaxime. The Kluyver genus comprises three species who are uncommonly isolated from clinical samples. It can be associated with mild to severe infections and is more common in inmunosuppressed hosts.