Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Postoperative Meningitis and Epidural Abscess due to Extended-spectrum β-Lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature
Kenichiro YaitaMasanari KomatsuYusuke OshiroYukihiro Yamaguchi
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2012 Volume 51 Issue 18 Pages 2645-2648

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17-year-old man had been involved in a traffic accident. He underwent a bilateral craniotomy with artificial dura mater to remove bilateral acute subdural hematomas. Seven months later, a right cranioplasty was performed using frozen auto-bone, and he developed extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis and an epidural abscess. Since his general status was poor, we could not remove the foreign body (artificial dura mater). He was successfully treated with meropenem and chronic suppression with oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. By describing this case and the results of a review of the pertinent literature, we discuss the importance of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis in posttraumatic/postoperative patients.

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