Acute Pneumococcal Myelitis in an Adult Patient

Pneumococcal meningitis represents the most severe community-acquired bacterial meningitis. The disease is frequently associated with various complications. We present a case of pneumococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent adult patient treated with hypothermia. The disease course was complicated w...

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Autores principales: Višković, Klaudija, Mustapić, Matej, Kutleša, Marko, Lepur, Dragan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4049043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24926167
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.132048
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Sumario:Pneumococcal meningitis represents the most severe community-acquired bacterial meningitis. The disease is frequently associated with various complications. We present a case of pneumococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent adult patient treated with hypothermia. The disease course was complicated with severe myelitis and consequent paraplegia which is an extremely rare complication of pneumococcal disease.

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