Table 1 Characteristics of 15 pediatric patients with C. jejuni CNS infection
Case | Age/sex | Sample | Identification method | Clinical features | Treatment | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 16 days/male | CSF | MALDI-TOF | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus cefotaxime, followed by cefotaxime 2 weeks | Guerrero García et al. [14] |
2 | 15 days/male | CSF | Culture | Meningitis | Cefotaxime 3 weeks | Tsoni et al. [11] |
3 | 30 months/female | CSF from subdural space collection | Culture | Subdural space collection infection | Chloramphenicol along with subdural instillation of gentamycin for 4 weeks | Richie et al. [15] |
4 | 13 days/female | No isolate | No isolate | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
5 | 11 days/female | No isolate | No isolate | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
6 | 8 days/male | Blood | Culture | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
7 | 16 days/female | No isolate | No isolate | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
8 | 15 days/male | No isolate | No isolate | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
9 | 5 days/female | Blood | Culture | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
10 | 14 days/male | No isolate | No isolate | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
11 | 5 days/female | Blood | Culture | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
12 | 7 days/male | Blood | Culture | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
13 | 7 days/female | CSF, blood, stool | Culture | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
14 | 5 days/female | CSF, stool | Culture | Meningitis | Ampicillin plus gentamycin 7 days, followed by amoxicillin 2–3 weeks | Goossens et al. [5] |
15 | 12 days/male | CSF | Culture | Meningitis | Chloramphenicol plus gentamycin 7 days | Thomas et al. [12] |