The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2008 , Vol 50 , Num 1
Enterococcus faecalis: an unusual cause of meningitis in a child with non-Hodgkin lymphoma
2nd Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Athanassiadou F, Kourti M, Tragiannidis A, Makedou A, Papageorgiou T. Enterococcus faecalis: an unusual cause of meningitis in a child with non- Hodgkin lymphoma. Turk J Pediatr 2008; 50: 86-88.

Enterococcal meningitis is an uncommon disease in children, most frequently reported in infants or in children with central nervous system pathology. We report a rare case of Enterococcus faecalis meningitis in an 11-year-old child with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The patient during the course of chemotherapy became neutropenic, febrile, agitated, and disoriented with clinical signs of meningeal irritation. Culture of cerebrospinal fluid yielded Enterococcus faecalis. The patient was successfully treated with ampicillin without any neurological defects. Keywords : enterococcus, meningitis, non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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