D'Amato RF, Salemi M, Mathews A, Cleri DJ, Reddy G. Achromobacter xylosoxidans (Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans) meningitis associated with a gunshot wound.
J Clin Microbiol 1988;
26:2425-6. [PMID:
3235669 PMCID:
PMC266906 DOI:
10.1128/jcm.26.11.2425-2426.1988]
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Abstract
The microbiological and clinical features of a case of Achromobacter xylosoxidans (Alcaligenes xylosoxidans subsp. xylosoxidans) meningitis associated with a gunshot wound are described. To our knowledge, this is the third confirmed case report of meningitis caused by this organism.
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