Fatal Meningitis in Patient with X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease Caused by Virulent Granulibacter bethesdensis.

ABSTRACT: Granulibacter bethesdensis is a pathogen reported to cause recurrent lymphadenitis exclusively in persons with chronic granulomatous disease. We report a case of fatal meningitis caused by a highly virulent G. bethesdensis strain in an adolescent in Europe who had chronic granulomatous disease.

SUBMITTER: Rebelo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6478198 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature