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Kulkarni. Neuroimmunol Neuroinflammation 2016;3:215-8 Neuroimmunology and
DOI: 10.20517/2347-8659.2015.55
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Case Report Open Access

A case report of acute pediatric bacterial

meningitis due to the rare isolate,

Pseudomonas putida

Grishma V. Kulkarni

Max Cure Hospitals (Mediciti Hospital), Hyderabad 500063, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Correspondence to: Dr. Grishma V. Kulkarni, Max Cure Hospitals (Mediciti hospital), #5-9-22, Secretariat Road, Hyderabad 500063, Andhra
Pradesh, India. E-mail: drgrishmak@gmail.com
How to cite this article: Kulkarni GV. A case report of acute pediatric bacterial meningitis due to the rare isolate, Pseudomonas putida.
Neuroimmunol Neuroinflammation 2016;3:215-8.

Dr. Grishma V. Kulkarni, works as the lab director and consultant microbiologist at Max Cure Hospitals, Hyderabad
since one year. She does love her subject very much. She is very much interested in bacteriology and serogy/
immunology. If getting a chance to study further, she would like to learn immunohematology. Hence she keeps on
reading different medical books. Apart from subject, she loves travelling, and visiting orphanage and old age home.

ABSTRACT

Article history: Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is the medical emergency which warrants an early
Received: 13-12-2015 diagnosis and an aggressive therapy. Despite the availability of the potent newer antibiotics,
Accepted: 01-04-2016 the mortality caused by ABM and its complications remain high in India, ranging from 16%
Published: 26-09-2016 to 32%. The aim of this case report is to present the rare isolation of Pseudomonas putida
from cerebrospinal fluid sample. Besides this, the author also emphasizes the importance
Key words: of correctly identifying the organism and thus the selection of the most accurate antibiotic
Acute bacterial meningitis, from the susceptibility profile to allow for early recovery and to improve the patient
cerebrospinal fluid, outcome and survival.
Pseudomonas putida

INTRODUCTION countries. Untreated, the mortality approaches 100%,
[1]
and even with the current antibiotics and advanced
Bacterial meningitis can cause death if not treated early pediatric intensive care, the mortality rate of disease is
and aggressively both in the developed and developing approximately 5% to 10%. Worldwide, the neurological
[2]
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