Staphylococcus epidermidis meningitis in the absence of a neurosurgical device secondary to catheter-related bloodstream infection: a case report and review of the literature

Table 1 Characteristics of cases of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus meningitis without neurosurgical devices

Patient no.	Age^a, sex	Underlying conditions	CoNS species	Origin of infection	Repeated positive CSF culture	Bacteremia status	Treatment/outcome	Reference
1	20, F	CML, BMT, neutropenia	S. epidermidis	CRBSI	Yes	Yes	Vancomycin/death on day 7	Guiot et al. (1994) [4]
2	18 days, F	ELBW, intraventricular hemorrhage	S. epidermidis	NA	Yes	No	Vancomycin/recovery	Drinkovic et al. (2002) [9]
3	20 days, F	ELBW, intraventricular hemorrhage	S. capitis, S. warneri	NA	Yes	No	Vancomycin, rifampicin/recovery	Drinkovic et al. (2002) [9]
4	65, F	Diabetes, cirrhosis, indwelling urinary catheter	S. capitis	Urinary tract infection?	No	One positive blood culture	Vancomycin/death on day 10	Oud (2011) [7]
5	11 months, M	Transient decreased T-helper lymphocyte absolute count, transient hypogammaglobulinemia	S. intermedius	Unidentified	No	NA	Cefotaxime/recovery	Durdik et al. (2010) [8]
6	47, M	AML, oligodendroglioma, neutropenia	S. epidermidis	CRBSI	No	Yes	Vancomycin, rifampicin/recovery	Our patient

Abbreviations: CoNS Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, CSF Cerebrospinal fluid, F Female, M Male, CML Chronic myeloid leukemia, BMT Bone marrow transplant, CRBSI Catheter-related bloodstream infection, ELBW Extremely low birth weight, AML Acute myeloid leukemia, NA Not available
^aAges are in years unless otherwise noted

ISSN: 1752-1947