Cerebral absces med Vibrio cholerae non-01 efter badning i dansk havvand

TY - JOUR

T1 - Cerebral absces med Vibrio cholerae non-01 efter badning i dansk havvand

AU - Torp-Pedersen, Trine

AU - Nielsen, Xiaohui Chen

AU - Olsen, Katharina E P

AU - Barfod, Toke S

PY - 2012/2/20

Y1 - 2012/2/20

N2 - We present the first case of intracerebral abscess after blood-borne infection with non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae (non-01). The patient was a 66 year-old woman who was infected after swimming in Danish seawater during an unusually hot summer. She had predisposing haemochromatosis and a skin lesion on the ankle. We treated the patient with meropenem and ciprofloxacin for six weeks followed by ciprofloxacin for four weeks, and she recovered with hemiparesis and speech impairment. Marine Vibrio species may produce intracranial infection in predisposed individuals, even in temperate climate zones.

AB - We present the first case of intracerebral abscess after blood-borne infection with non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae (non-01). The patient was a 66 year-old woman who was infected after swimming in Danish seawater during an unusually hot summer. She had predisposing haemochromatosis and a skin lesion on the ankle. We treated the patient with meropenem and ciprofloxacin for six weeks followed by ciprofloxacin for four weeks, and she recovered with hemiparesis and speech impairment. Marine Vibrio species may produce intracranial infection in predisposed individuals, even in temperate climate zones.

KW - Aged

KW - Blood-Borne Pathogens

KW - Brain Abscess

KW - Denmark

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging

KW - Seawater

KW - Vibrio Infections

KW - Vibrio cholerae non-O1

KW - Wound Infection

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 22348672

SN - 0041-5782

VL - 174

SP - 498

EP - 499

JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger

JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger

IS - 8

ER -