A 55-year-old man on ICU has post-traumatic meningitis from a basal skull fracture with CSF leak. What organism is most commonly responsible?...

Question

A 55-year-old man on ICU has post-traumatic meningitis from a basal skull fracture with CSF leak. What organism is most commonly responsible?

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

Neisseria meningitidis

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E. coli

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Listeria

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Staphylococcus aureus

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