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J Med Microbiol 57 (2008), 904-906; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000356-0
© 2008 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 1473-5644

Case Report

Staphylococcus caprae meningitis following intraspinal device infection

Paolo Benedetti1, Giampietro Pellizzer1, Francesca Furlan2, Roberto Nicolin1, Mario Rassu2 and Armine Sefton3

1 Unità Operativa di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali, Ospedale S. Bortolo, Viale F. Rodolfi, 37, 36100 – Vicenza, Italy

2 Laboratorio di Microbiologia, Ospedale S. Bortolo, Viale F. Rodolfi, 37, 36100 – Vicenza, Italy

3 Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Centre for Infectious Disease, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London E1 2AT, UK

Correspondence
Paolo Benedetti
paolo.benedetti{at}ulssvicenza.it

Received 12 January 2008
Accepted 17 March 2008

A case is reported of Staphylococcus caprae meningitis due to infection of an intraspinal analgesia pump. The subclinical and pauci-symptomatic clinical course of the infection strongly suggested a chronic device contamination.

Abbreviations: CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.






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