Cephalosporin Resistant Pneumococcal Meningitis in a Child-A Case Report
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Case Reports - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
Meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is associated with severe morbidity and mortality. The occurrence of multi-drug resistant strains of S. pneumoniae is associated with treatment failure of pneumococcal infections. We present a case of multidrug resistant pneumococcal meningitis in a 10 month-old patient. The patient was admitted to the Department of Child Health of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital with high grade fever and irritability. She received an 8-day course of vancomycin after empirical treatment failure with ceftriaxone. Subsequently, she was discharged without complications on follow-up. Although resistance to ceftriaxone among Streptococcus pneumoniae in Ghana is rare, our report highlights an instance where an unusual ceftriaxone resistant isolate may be encountered as a cause of invasive disease leading to treatment failure.
Authors and Affiliations
Appiah-Korang Labi, Joan Woode, Nicholas T. K. D Dayie, Eric S. Donkor
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- DOI 10.9734/IJMPCR/2015/19873
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