Cerebral ischaemia in the context of improving, steroid-treated pneumococcal meningitis

QJM. 2012 May;105(5):473-5. doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr056. Epub 2011 Apr 14.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Ischemia / diagnosis
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology*
  • Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
  • Dexamethasone / therapeutic use
  • Exotropia / etiology
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / complications*
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / drug therapy
  • Myoclonus / etiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Glucocorticoids
  • Ceftriaxone
  • Dexamethasone