...Khaled W. Sadek; Mohamed A. Atta; Najwa Y. Sultan; Anas A. Ashour Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global cause of morbidity and mortality. TB meningitis (TBM) is an implication of systemic dissemination of a primary TB infection that indicates a poorer disease prognosis with various long...

...Bhanu Gogia; Angela L. Young; Barbara J. O’Brien; Pablo C. Okhuysen; Vinodh A. Kumar Cerebral ischemia is a known complication of meningitis. Most Escherichia coli meningitis-induced infarcts have been reported in the neonatal and pediatric population. To the best of our knowledge, there have been...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Primary brain tumor Glioblastoma Leptomeningeal spread Meningitis The most malignant type of intrinsic brain tumor is glioblastoma (WHO grade IV) [ 1 ]. In 20–25% of the cases, glioblastoma multiforme has leptomeningeal...

...Mohamad Imran Idris; Sharon Mei Ling Tai; Chong Tin Tan; Kay Sin Tan Streptococcus pneumoniae are Gram-positive bacteria that are responsible for many types of illnesses including pneumonia, sinus infections, and community-acquired meningitis. One important complication of bacterial meningitis...

...Jing-Hwa Wey; Jin-Er Lee; Kwang-Hwa Chang; Yen-Nung Lin; Wen-Kuei Chung This case report presents oropharyngeal dysphagia due to oromandibular and cervical dystonia, a rare consequence of aseptic meningitis. A 19-year-old male who was diagnosed with aseptic meningitis visited the rehabilitation...

...Heiko Hollasch; Wolf-Dirk Niesen; Jürgen Bardutzky We report the first case of meningitis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus; GBS) after professional tooth cleaning in a previously healthy patient. GBS is a common commensal of the human gastrointestinal and vaginal flora...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Central nervous system Meningoencephalitis Meningitis Chronic meningitis Encephalitis Granulomatous disease Chronic necrotizing granulomatous meningoencephalitis New-onset neurological symptoms Chronic necrotizing...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Foramen magnum decompression Tonsillar herniation Meningitis Hydrocephalus...

...-1] receptor antagonist) was trialed which resulted in full recovery. As evidenced by this case, anakinra can be used to treat chronic autoimmune meningitis, which can often be refractory to treatment. [email protected] 10 10 2016 15 11 2016 5 5 2017 © 2017...

... Report: Our patient was a 36-year-old female, 23 weeks pregnant, with a 6-day history of right-sided otalgia and hearing loss and a 4-day history of purulent otorrhea, who presented with severe, holocephalic headache, meningeal signs, fever, photophobia, and mental status decline. Lumbar puncture yielded...

... cell count (11,100/µl) and C-reactive protein level (23.8 mg/dl). These clinical findings suggested severe infection such as meningitis with sepsis. However, the results of blood culture, serum endotoxin, and procalcitonin were all negative, and cerebrospinal fluid studies revealed only a slight...

... or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Diffusion weighted imaging Magnetic resonance imaging Extra-axial Meningitis Vasculitis...