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  • Title: Bacteremic meningitis caused by Parvimonas micra in an immunocompetent host.
    Author: Ko JH, Baek JY, Kang CI, Lee WJ, Lee JY, Cho SY, Ha YE, Kim SH, Chung DR, Peck KR, Lee NY, Song JH.
    Journal: Anaerobe; 2015 Aug; 34():161-3. PubMed ID: 25977161.
    Abstract:
    A 61-year-old man with chronic hepatitis B and dyslipidemia visited the emergency department with a fever and severe headache. He was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis after a lumbar puncture, and blood culture revealed Parvimonas micra bacteremia. Although he had a history of extraction of a molar two weeks before symptom onset, there was no evidence of abscess formation on physical examination or imaging studies. He was successfully treated with oral metronidazole for 12 days after 9 days of treatment with IV ceftriaxone and vancomcycin. This is the first report of primary bacterial meningitis caused by this organism, which indicates that this organism is capable of being a bacterial meningitis pathogen.
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