Affiliations: Department of Clinical Microbiology, National Health
Laboratory Services, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital, Durban, South Africa | Department of Pediatrics, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Victoria Howell, Department of Clinical
Microbiology, National Health Laboratory Services, Inkosi Albert Luthuli
Hospital, Durban, South Africa. Tel.: +27 31 240 2793; Fax: +27 31 240 2786;
E-mail: vickshowell@yahoo.co.uk
Abstract: Streptococcus agalactiae is a well-established cause of neonatal
meningitis, whereas Acinetobacter baumannii, often seen as a contaminant,
has only rarely been reported to cause meningitis without a neurosurgical
predisposition. We report of a case of neonatal meningitis in a preterm neonate
in which both S. agalactiae and A. baumannii were considered the
pathogens. This case highlights the pathogenicity of A. baumannii, and
suggests that it may be frequently underestimated.
Keywords: A. baumannii, group B streptococcus, meningitis, antimicrobial resistance
