BRAIN ABSCESS AND MENINGITIS ASSOCIATED WITH A PLEUROPNEUMONIA-LIKE ORGANISM: CLINICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN A CASE WITH RECOVERY

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Abstract
A case of miningitis and brain abscess from which an unusual organism was repeatedly cultured is reported. The patient failed to improve during treatment with sulfonamides and penicillin but recovered rapidly after the abscess was drained and streptomycin was used locally and systemically. The organism was initially sensitive to streptomycin but became resistant to this antibiotic and persisted during the course of therapy. The growth characteristics and morph. features of this small pleomorphic Gram-negative bacillus probably place it in the pleuropneumonia group of micro-organisms.