Meningoencephalitis due to Gemella haemolysans

J Med Microbiol. 2014 Jan;63(Pt 1):138-139. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.063347-0. Epub 2013 Sep 26.

Abstract

Gemella haemolysans is an uncommon but described cause of invasive disease in humans. We report a case of meningitis due to G. haemolysans that did not grow in cerebrospinal fluid culture, demonstrating a potential role for direct 16S rRNA gene PCR and sequencing in culture-negative cerebrospinal fluid when bacterial meningitis is suspected.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacteriological Techniques
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Gemella / isolation & purification*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis*
  • Meningoencephalitis / microbiology*
  • Meningoencephalitis / pathology
  • Microscopy
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S