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Query: UMLS:C0085437 (bacterial meningitis)
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Non-anthrax Bacillus species are rare, but serious causes of bacterial meningitis in those either immunocompromised or treated with CSF diversion. Although resistant to first-line antibiotics, they usually respond to chloramphenicol. We report a case of fulminant Bacillus cereus meningitis that complicated lumbar spinal drainage which proved resistant to all first-line antibiotics including chloramphenicol.
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PMID:Bacillus cereus meningitis complicating cerebrospinal fluid fistula repair and spinal drainage. 1127 43

Meningeal anthrax is a very rare complication of the cutaneous, respiratory and gastrointestinal form of anthrax infection. Anthrax bacilli, most commonly enter the body via the skin, and the organism then disseminates to the central nervous system via the hematogenous or lymphatic routes leading to fatal bacterial meningitis, even with intensive antibacterial therapy.
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PMID:A case of anthrax meningitis. 1223 84