Title of article
Acute Meningitis on Account of Orbital Bone Fracture: A Case Report
Author/Authors
عرب مازار، زهرا نويسنده Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Arab-Mazar, Zahra , شكوهي، شروين نويسنده , , مقتدرمژدهي، اميرحسين نويسنده 1 Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran moghtadermozhdehi, amirhossein
Issue Information
فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2016
Pages
3
From page
84
To page
86
Abstract
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is a gram-positive pathogen bacteria which causes a variety of diseases, including otitis media, bacteremia, and meningitis.
Cases Report: A 19-year-old man with paroxysm was admitted to emergency department of hospital. He was diagnosed with S. pneumoniae meningitis on the basis of an analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid and blood culture.
Conclusion: We present a rare case of meningitis. The treatment was successful by just relying on the antibiogram test results. Vancomycin treatment was discontinued, and the patient fully recovered with Ceftriaxone.
Journal title
Novelty in Biomedicine
Serial Year
2016
Journal title
Novelty in Biomedicine
Record number
2390599
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