Meningitis due to Gemella haemolysans after radiofrequency trigeminal rhizotomy.
Meningitis due to Gemella haemolysans developed in a 73 year old woman after thermolysis of the Gasserian ganglion for trigeminal neuralgia. The taxonomy of this organism is discussed, and previous cases of infection are reviewed.
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