Pneumocephalus Associated with Aggressive Pneumococcal Meningitis
| Autor: | Hipólito Nzwalo, José Sousa e Costa, Pedro Moreira, Isabel Taveira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class Antibiotics lcsh:Medicine medicine.disease_cause 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pneumocephalus Cerebrospinal fluid law Conjugate vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae Internal Medicine medicine business.industry lcsh:R meningitis Articles medicine.disease Intensive care unit pneumococcal Delirium medicine.symptom business Meningitis 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2284-2594 |
| DOI: | 10.12890/2020_001677 |
| Popis: | A 44-year-old woman presented with headache and delirium. Brain tomography indicated pneumocephalus, while blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures revealed Streptococcus pneumoniae. Despite antibiotic treatment and admission to the intensive care unit, the patient died 3 days later. Pneumocephalus in association with meningitis is very rare and may be caused by gas produced by microorganisms. LEARNING POINTS Non-traumatic pneumocephalus should raise the suspicion of meningitis and prompt suitable treatment. Previous pneumococcal saccharide conjugate vaccine administration does not exclude the possibility of serious pneumococcal infection. |
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