The Deathly Hallows of the Austrian Triad
| Autor: | Abdul Haseeb, Abeera Akram, Ahmed Kazi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Cardiology Infectious Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease_cause Sepsis 03 medical and health sciences Triad (sociology) 0302 clinical medicine Streptococcus pneumoniae medicine pneumonia Endocarditis Pathological business.industry Austrian syndrome General Engineering meningitis medicine.disease infectious Pneumonia Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery endocarditis business Meningitis cardio-embolic stroke 030217 neurology & neurosurgery steroids |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.6568 |
| Popis: | We have a case vignette of a 67-year-old gentleman who presented in with altered mentation and sepsis. During his hospital course, he was diagnosed with meningitis, endocarditis, and pneumonia hence completing the Austrian triad. He had no identifiable risk factors, but because of the timely diagnosis, he was given optimum treatment. He improved clinically and was discharged to a rehabilitation facility. Austrian syndrome is a pathological diagnosis caused by disseminated Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, characterized by the triad of pneumonia, endocarditis, and meningitis. We present this successfully treated case of a patient with no identifiable risk factors presenting as disseminated streptococcal pneumoniae infection. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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