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MENINGITIS DUE TO BRANHAMELIA CATARRHALIS
Author(s) -
O'NEILL J. H.,
MATHIESON P. W.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1987.tb00051.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pleocytosis , meningitis , lymphocytic pleocytosis , cerebrospinal fluid , penicillin , dysarthria , antibiotics , immunology , encephalitis , pathology , pediatrics , microbiology and biotechnology , audiology , virus , biology
We report a case of Branhamella catarrhalis meningitis which was unusual in that the patient was a healthy immunocompetent adult, the onset was subacute, and the cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis was predominantly lymphocytic. Following treatment with intravenous penicillin, recovery was complete apart from residual cortical dysarthria.