Meningitis due to Bacteroides

Meningitis due to *Bacteroides* is a rare, severe anaerobic bacterial infection characterized by acute or subacute inflammation of the meninges covering the brain and spinal cord It is caused by obligate anaerobic, gram-negative bacilli of the genus *Bacteroides*—most commonly *Bacteroides fragilis*—and primarily affects neonates, immunocompromised hosts, or individuals with predisposing anatomical disruptions such as chronic otitis media, mastoiditis, neurosurgical interventions, or gastrointes...

Meningitis due to *Bacteroides* is a rare, severe anaerobic bacterial infection characterized by acute or subacute inflammation of the meninges covering the brain and spinal cord

It is caused by obligate anaerobic, gram-negative bacilli of the genus *Bacteroides*—most commonly *Bacteroides fragilis*—and primarily affects neonates, immunocompromised hosts, or individuals with predisposing anatomical disruptions such as chronic otitis media, mastoiditis, neurosurgical interventions, or gastrointestinal and fistulous communications

It is caused by obligate anaerobic, gram-negative bacilli of the genus *Bacteroides*—most commonly *Bacteroides fragilis*—and primarily affects neonates, immunocompromised hosts, or individuals with predisposing anatomical disruptions such as chronic otitis media, mastoiditis, neurosurgical interventions, or gastrointestinal and fistulous communications Clinically, it manifests with fever, headache, nuchal rigidity, and altered mental status, accompanied by purulent cerebrospinal fluid pleocytos...

It is caused by obligate anaerobic, gram-negative bacilli of the genus *Bacteroides*—most commonly *Bacteroides fragilis*—and primarily affects neonates, immunocompromised hosts, or individuals with predisposing anatomical disruptions such as chronic otitis media, mastoiditis, neurosurgical interventions, or gastrointestinal and fistulous communications

It is caused by obligate anaerobic, gram-negative bacilli of the genus *Bacteroides*—most commonly *Bacteroides fragilis*—and primarily affects neonates, immunocompromised hosts, or individuals with predisposing anatomical disruptions such as chronic otitis media, mastoiditis, neurosurgical interventions, or gastrointestinal and fistulous communications

It is caused by obligate anaerobic, gram-negative bacilli of the genus *Bacteroides*—most commonly *Bacteroides fragilis*—and primarily affects neonates, immunocompromised hosts, or individuals with predisposing anatomical disruptions such as chronic otitis media, mastoiditis, neurosurgical interventions, or gastrointestinal and fistulous communications

Clinically, it manifests with fever, headache, nuchal rigidity, and altered mental status, accompanied by purulent cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis, elevated protein levels, and depressed glucose concentrations