Intrathecal Drug Delivery Device Infection and Meningitis due to Mycobacterium Fortuitum: A Case Report |
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| Authors: | Hamidreza Aliabadi MD Richard K. Osenbach MD |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA |
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Intrathecal drug delivery device infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum has not been reported previously. We report a case of an implanted baclofen pump infection and associated mycobacterium meningitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum. The entire pump system was removed and the patient was treated successfully with a prolonged regimen of antibiotics. |
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| Keywords: | Baclofen pump infection intrathecal drug delivery device meningitis Mycobacterium fortuitum |
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