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Pneumococcal meningitis masquerading as subarachnoid haemorrhage
Author(s) -
Chatterjee Taposh,
Gowardman John R,
Goh Tony D
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05328.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meningitis , subarachnoid haemorrhage , streptococcus pneumoniae , lumbar puncture , magnetic resonance imaging , subarachnoid hemorrhage , venous thrombosis , spinal puncture , anesthesia , thrombosis , surgery , radiology , aneurysm , antibiotics , cerebrospinal fluid , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A 43-year-old woman taking warfarin for past venous thrombosis presented with 4 days of flu-like symptoms and deterioration in level of consciousness. Computed tomography suggested subarachnoid haemorrhage, and magnetic resonance imaging showed widespread cerebral infarcts. However, these seemed out of proportion to the amount of haemorrhage, and lumbar puncture revealed meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae.