Enterococcus gallinarum meningitis: a case report and literature review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 3 Enterococcus gallinarum meningitis reports in the literature

Reference	Country	Gender	Age	Symptoms	Susceptibility factors	Treatment	Outcome
Yoko Takayama, et al. [8] 2003	Japan	Male	57 years	Fever Neck stiffness	VP shunt for subarachnoid hemorrhage Rheumatoid arthritis with prednisolone and anti-rheumatic drugs	i.v. teicoplanin for 4 weeks VP shunt removal	Cured
Yoko Takayama. et al. [8] 2003	Japan	Male	12 years	Fever Drowsy Limb cramps	VP shunt for astrocytoma	i.v. ampicillin for 8 weeks VP shunt replaced	Cured
Asok Kurup, et al. [9] 2001	Singapore	Male	64 years	Fever Drowsy	VP shunt for multi-loculated hydrocephalus	i.v. ampicillin and gentamicin for 3 weeks	Cured
Fahmi Yousef Khan, et al. [10] 2011	Pakistan	Female	53 years	Fever Headache Consciousness disturbance Neck stiffness	Decompression craniotomy for cerebral hemorrhage	i.v. linezolid for 3 weeks	Cured
Vicente Sperb Antonello, et al. [11] 2010	Brazil	Male	53 years	Mental confusion Fever Ataxia Neck stiffness	Alcohol abuse	i.v. ampicillin and gentamycin for 3 weeks	Cured
B. Roca, et al. [12] 2006	Spain	Female	51 years	Fever Headache	Cerebrospinal fluid drainage catheter for persistent right nostril rhinorrhea	i.v. ampicillin and rifampin for 3 weeks Drain removal	Cured
Po-Yi Paul Su, et al. [5] 2016	USA	Male	53 years	Fever Neck stiffness	Acute lymphoblastic B cell leukemia with chemotherapy Neutropenic Broad-spectrum antibiotics usage Type 2 diabetes mellitus	i.v. ampicillin and ceftriaxone for 4 weeks	Cured
Quanxiao Li, et al. [13] 2013	China	Male	2 days	Fever Hypermyotonia	Neonatal hemolysis	i.v. linezolid for 3 weeks	Cured

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