Pneumococcal Otogenic Meningitis Complicated With Pneumocephalus and Coma State

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2020 Nov 16

PMID 33194484

Citations 1

Authors

Despoina Liourdi

Pantelis Litsardopoulos

Dimitra Dimitropoulou

Adrianni Fatourou

Andreas A Argyriou

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Abstract

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 was achieved to stop the progression of meningitis, pneumocephalus, and their underlying causes in this patient. We propose pathogenetic mechanisms to explain this life-threatening condition.

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