Group B streptococcal meningitis in an adult: A possible complication of olecranon bursitis

BACKGROUND: We report a man with septic olecranon bursitis who had an early development of meningitis. CASE SUMMARY: A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency room with malaise, headache, mental confusion, a fever unsuccessfully treated with oral NSAIDs and ice, and with a 10-day history of pain...

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Autores principales: Colosimo, Manuela, Corigliano, Antonio, Daprai, Laura, Restelli, Antonella, Torresani, Erminio, Galasso, Olimpio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4115357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097614
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author Colosimo, Manuela
Corigliano, Antonio
Daprai, Laura
Restelli, Antonella
Torresani, Erminio
Galasso, Olimpio
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Daprai, Laura
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description BACKGROUND: We report a man with septic olecranon bursitis who had an early development of meningitis. CASE SUMMARY: A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency room with malaise, headache, mental confusion, a fever unsuccessfully treated with oral NSAIDs and ice, and with a 10-day history of pain and swelling in his right elbow. Clinical and laboratory evaluation excluded other causes and microbiological evaluation documented a S. agalactiae infection. Antibiotic treatment induced a rapid improvement, without the development of side effects. CONCLUSION: This is the first report on olecranon bursitis and concomitant meningitis related to S. agalactiae infection.
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spelling pubmed-41153572014-08-05 Group B streptococcal meningitis in an adult: A possible complication of olecranon bursitis Colosimo, Manuela Corigliano, Antonio Daprai, Laura Restelli, Antonella Torresani, Erminio Galasso, Olimpio J Res Med Sci Case Report BACKGROUND: We report a man with septic olecranon bursitis who had an early development of meningitis. CASE SUMMARY: A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency room with malaise, headache, mental confusion, a fever unsuccessfully treated with oral NSAIDs and ice, and with a 10-day history of pain and swelling in his right elbow. Clinical and laboratory evaluation excluded other causes and microbiological evaluation documented a S. agalactiae infection. Antibiotic treatment induced a rapid improvement, without the development of side effects. CONCLUSION: This is the first report on olecranon bursitis and concomitant meningitis related to S. agalactiae infection. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4115357/ /pubmed/25097614 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Restelli, Antonella
Torresani, Erminio
Galasso, Olimpio
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title Group B streptococcal meningitis in an adult: A possible complication of olecranon bursitis
title_full Group B streptococcal meningitis in an adult: A possible complication of olecranon bursitis
title_fullStr Group B streptococcal meningitis in an adult: A possible complication of olecranon bursitis
title_full_unstemmed Group B streptococcal meningitis in an adult: A possible complication of olecranon bursitis
title_short Group B streptococcal meningitis in an adult: A possible complication of olecranon bursitis
title_sort group b streptococcal meningitis in an adult: a possible complication of olecranon bursitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4115357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097614
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