التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Ventricular empyema presenting as a complication of pneumococcal meningitis in a toddler. |
| المؤلفون: |
Muthusamy, Parthasarathi, Subramaniam, Madhumitha Chellappan, Palaniappan, Ayyammal, Shanmugam, Ponnusamy, Rabindranath, Balasenthilkumaran Meda, Ramakrishnan, Balavinoth, Ramalingam, Ramakrishnan Tirupur Chinnappan |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Pediatric Critical Care; Jul/Aug2023, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p174-176, 3p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CEREBROSPINAL fluid examination, BRAIN, C-reactive protein, CEFTRIAXONE, HYDROCEPHALUS, BLOOD, FEVER, INTRAVENOUS therapy, CELL culture, PNEUMOCOCCAL meningitis, STREPTOCOCCAL diseases, MAGNETIC resonance imaging, VENTRICULOCISTERNOSTOMY, PNEUMOCOCCAL vaccines, VOMITING, CEREBROSPINAL fluid shunts, STREPTOCOCCUS, ACCIDENTAL falls, GLASGOW Coma Scale, EMPYEMA, COMPUTED tomography, BLOOD cell count, MEDICAL drainage, MIDAZOLAM, CHILDREN |
| مستخلص: |
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major pathogen in the pediatric population causing life-threatening infections ranging from pneumonia and meningitis to sepsis, and it is now a vaccine-preventable infection. Recently, pneumococcus is emerging as a cause of multidrug-resistant infection, resistant to =3 classes of antibiotics. Here, we discuss a case of ventricular empyema in a toddler due to S. pneumoniae. He was not vaccinated against pneumococcus. He had ventriculitis, ventricular empyema, and obstructive hydrocephalus. He was managed with external ventricular drainage of pus, followed by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, and received 6 weeks of intravenous antibiotics, followed by oral antibiotics. He recovered with residual neurological sequelae and showed an improvement on follow-up visits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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