Streptococcus group C meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis

Group C Streptococcus (GCS) is a rare cause of bacteremia in humans. It is mostly associated with zoonological infections. Although GCS can be part of the normal oral, skin, and genitourinary fora, an infection with this pathogen can be highly virulent, causing rapid, disseminating disease. With a m...

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Autores principales: Clarke, Mattew, Enuh, Hilary, Saverimuttu, Jessie, Nfonoyim, Jay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3743519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966796
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S49690
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author Clarke, Mattew
Enuh, Hilary
Saverimuttu, Jessie
Nfonoyim, Jay
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description Group C Streptococcus (GCS) is a rare cause of bacteremia in humans. It is mostly associated with zoonological infections. Although GCS can be part of the normal oral, skin, and genitourinary fora, an infection with this pathogen can be highly virulent, causing rapid, disseminating disease. With a mortality of about 25%, the poor prognosis is linked to the severity of illness and the high level of virulence of the organism. Only a few cases of GCS meningitis have been reported. We present the first case of GCS meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis.
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spelling pubmed-37435192013-08-21 Streptococcus group C meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis Clarke, Mattew Enuh, Hilary Saverimuttu, Jessie Nfonoyim, Jay Infect Drug Resist Case Report Group C Streptococcus (GCS) is a rare cause of bacteremia in humans. It is mostly associated with zoonological infections. Although GCS can be part of the normal oral, skin, and genitourinary fora, an infection with this pathogen can be highly virulent, causing rapid, disseminating disease. With a mortality of about 25%, the poor prognosis is linked to the severity of illness and the high level of virulence of the organism. Only a few cases of GCS meningitis have been reported. We present the first case of GCS meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis. Dove Medical Press 2013-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3743519/ /pubmed/23966796 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S49690 Text en © 2013 Clarke et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License. The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Ltd, provided the work is properly attributed.
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title Streptococcus group C meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis
title_full Streptococcus group C meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis
title_fullStr Streptococcus group C meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis
title_full_unstemmed Streptococcus group C meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis
title_short Streptococcus group C meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis
title_sort streptococcus group c meningitis with cavernous sinus thrombosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3743519/
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