Acute Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis Due to the Rare Isolate, Pseudomonas putida: A Case Report

Abstract

Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is a medical emergency that necessitates prompt diagnosis and aggressive treatment. Despite the availability of newer, more effective antibiotics, ABM and its consequences continue to attack people in India, with fatality rates ranging from 16 to 32 percent. The purpose of this case report is to describe the rare isolation of Pseudomonas putida from a sample of cerebrospinal fluid.Apart from that, the author underlines the necessity of correctly identifying the organism and thus selecting the most appropriate antibiotic from the susceptibility profile in order to allow for early recovery and improve the patient's result and survival.