Steroid Rebound Phenomenon as a Cause of Delayed Cerebral Vasospasm in Post-Splenectomy Pneumococcal Meningitis: A Case Report

Pneumococcal meningitis as an overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI) has a higher risk of neurological complications and is sometimes life-threatening. In acute pneumococcal meningitis, four days of dexamethasone is widely used for the prevention of neurological complications. Herein, we rep...

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Autores principales: Yokoyama, Daiki, Ikenouchi, Hajime, Miyamoto, Tatsuo, Yamamoto, Naoki, Endo, Kaoru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9822532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36628397
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33439

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9822532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36628397
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33439

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