Meningitis and Ventriculitis due to Nocardia araoensis Infection
| Autor: | Tomio Tanigawa, Fumio Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Kawano, Yukio Ando, Toru Gonoi, Yosuke Mihara, Satoshi Yamashita |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.drug_class
business.industry Antibiotics Autopsy General Medicine medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cerebrospinal fluid Nocardia araoensis Anesthesia Internal Medicine medicine Ventriculitis 030212 general & internal medicine business Pleocytosis Brain abscess Meningitis 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine. 56:853-859 |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7332 |
| Popis: | A 73-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with disturbance of consciousness, fever and headache. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed pleocytosis with neutrophil predominance, increased protein and low glucose. CSF and blood cultures yielded negative results. Antibiotics and antituberculous drugs were started for meningitis. An antimycotic was also added. The patient died from transtentorial hernia 99 days after admission. Autopsy revealed meningitis, ventriculitis and brain abscess, and Nocardia araoensis was detected in pus from the left lateral ventricle. This appears to represent the first report of N. araoensis meningitis complicated by ventriculitis and brain abscess. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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