A 48-year-old woman on ICU has a persistent CSF leak from a basal skull fracture. She develops meningitis on day 5. What organism is most commonly ass...

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A 48-year-old woman on ICU has a persistent CSF leak from a basal skull fracture. She develops meningitis on day 5. What organism is most commonly associated with post-traumatic meningitis from basal skull fractures?

Accepted Answer

Streptococcus pneumoniae - the most common organism in post-traumatic meningitis, entering through the CSF leak from the nasopharynx or paranasal sinuses

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Neisseria meningitidis

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E. coli

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Staphylococcus aureus

uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): Post-Traumatic Meningitis

A 48-year-old woman on ICU has a persistent CSF leak from a basal skull fracture. She develops meningitis on day 5. What organism is most commonly associated with post-traumatic meningitis from basal skull fractures?