Extensive Spinal Cord Injury following Staphylococcus aureus Septicemia and Meningitis

Bacterial meningitis is rarely complicated by spinal cord involvement in adults. We report a case of Staphylococcus aureus septicemia complicated by meningitis and extensive spinal cord injury, leading to ascending brain stem necrosis and death. This complication was investigated by magnetic resonan...

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Autores principales: De Schryver, Nicolas, Cosnard, Guy, van Pesch, Vincent, Godfraind, Catherine, Hantson, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Published: June 2011
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000329841
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Sumario:Bacterial meningitis is rarely complicated by spinal cord involvement in adults. We report a case of Staphylococcus aureus septicemia complicated by meningitis and extensive spinal cord injury, leading to ascending brain stem necrosis and death. This complication was investigated by magnetic resonance imaging which demonstrated intramedullary hyperintensity on T2-weighted images and by multimodality evoked potentials. Postmortem microscopic examination confirmed that the extensive spinal cord injury was of ischemic origin, caused by diffuse leptomeningitis and endarteritis.

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