A Streptococcus Intermedius Brain Abscess Causing Obstructive Hydrocephalus and Meningoventriculitis in an Adult Patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Primary pyogenic ventriculitis caused by Streptococcus intermedius

“…Two cases of meningoventriculitis caused by S. intermedius leading to adhesions and multiloculated hydrocephalus have been reported, associated with a decompensation including respiratory failure and seizures and the requirement of a ventriculostomy for decompression. [10,11] It is not a common complication of this organism, as it is mostly associated with abscesses rather than meningitis or ventriculitis, but, when present, it can be fatal. As in our patient, in those cases, numerous surgical interventions were needed to control them and no predisposing factors or source of infection were identified.…”