Basilar Meningitis Associated With Ethmoid and Sphenoid Cephaloceles

Nontuberculous causes of basilar meningitis are rare. This study presents the case of a male who developed fever and meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. He developed multiple cranial nerve palsies and imaging findings consistent with basilar meningitis and ventriculitis. Computed tomograp...

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Published in:	Pediatric neurology Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 57 - 60
Main Authors:	Khwaja, Omar S., Robson, Caroline D., McManus, Michael L., Urion, David K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-07-2005 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Basilar Membrane - microbiology Basilar Membrane - pathology Biological and medical sciences Ethmoid Bone - microbiology Ethmoid Bone - pathology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology Neurology Pneumococcal Infections - diagnosis Pneumococcal Infections - microbiology Sphenoid Bone - microbiology Sphenoid Bone - pathology Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Sphenoid Meningitis Nervous system diseases Ethmoid Central nervous system disease
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