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Pneumocephalus Associated with Aggressive Pneumococcal Meningitis

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...

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Autores principales: Taveira, Isabel, Nzwalo, Hipólito, Sousa e Costa, José, Moreira, Pedro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SMC Media Srl 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32665931
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001677
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author Taveira, Isabel
Nzwalo, Hipólito
Sousa e Costa, José
Moreira, Pedro
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description 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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spelling pubmed-73509722020-07-13 Pneumocephalus Associated with Aggressive Pneumococcal Meningitis Taveira, Isabel Nzwalo, Hipólito Sousa e Costa, José Moreira, Pedro Eur J Case Rep Intern Med Articles 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. SMC Media Srl 2020-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7350972/ /pubmed/32665931 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001677 Text en © EFIM 2020 This article is licensed under a Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7350972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32665931
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2020_001677
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