Pneumococcal Otogenic Meningitis Complicated With Pneumocephalus and Coma State

We herein describe the unusual case of a male patient with pneumococcal otogenic meningitis, which was complicated with non-traumatic pneumocephalus and coma, in the absence of head trauma or a neurosurgical procedure. The initiation of an aggressive, empirical scheme with wide-spectrum antibiotics...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Liourdi, Despoina, Litsardopoulos, Pantelis, Dimitropoulou, Dimitra, Fatourou, Adrianni, Argyriou, Andreas A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2020
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Neurology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7657374/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194484
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10917
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