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Novelty in Biomedicine. 2016; 4 (2): 84-86
em Inglês
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| ID: emr-178777
RESUMO
Background: Streptococcus pneumoniae [S. pneumoniae] is a gram-positive pathogen bacteria which causes a variety of diseases, including otitis media, bacteremia, and meningitis
Cases Report: A 19-year-old man with paroxysm was admitted to emergency department of hospital. He was diagnosed with S. pneumoniae meningitis on the basis of an analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid and blood culture
Conclusion: We present a rare case of meningitis. The treatment was successful by just relying on the antibiogram test results. Vancomycin treatment was discontinued, and the patient fully recovered with Ceftriaxone