Mycobacterium intracellulare Infection Mimicking Progression of Scleroderma by Simon Krabbe, Merete Engelhart, Sören Thybo, Søren Jacobsen

“…While she was receiving high-dose prednisolone, as worsening of her connective tissue disease was suspected to be the cause of the inflammatory changes, she had Listeria monocytogenes meningitis and was hospitalized for several weeks, but she recovered from this without sequelae. …”
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Streptococcus intermedius Bacteremia and Liver Abscess following a Routine Dental Cleaning by Lachara V. Livingston, Elimarys Perez-Colon

“…This group is part of the normal flora of the oropharynx, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal tracts; however, they have been known to cause a variety of purulent infections including meningitis, endocarditis, and abscesses, even in immunocompetent hosts. …”
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A Brief Report of West Nile Virus Neuroinvasive Disease in the Summer of 2012 in Hamilton, Ontario by Lei Jiao, Cheryl Main

“…According to the clinical and laboratory criteria published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, five cases were diagnosed as encephalitis, one case as meningitis and one case as meningomyelitis. Patients were managed supportively. …”
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A systematic review to identify research gaps in studies modeling MenB vaccinations against Neisseria infections. by Soeren Metelmann, Alexander Thompson, Anna Donten, Segun Oke, Suzy Sun, Ray Borrow, Feng Xu, Roberto Vivancos, Valerie Decraene, Lorenzo Pellis, Ian Hall

“…The genus Neisseria includes two major human pathogens: N. meningitidis causing bacterial meningitis/septicemia and N. gonorrhoeae causing gonorrhoea. …”
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Currently important pathogenic Listeria species affecting animals and birds (review) by P. N. Shastin

“…The manifestations of listeriosis include encephalitis, meningitis, gastritis, meningoencephalitis, mastitis, abortions, endometritis, etc. …”
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Native Valve Endocarditis due to Veillonella Species: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Lakshmi Saladi, Cosmina Zeana, Manisha Singh

“…Veillonella species are fastidious bacteria that have been isolated from skin, dental, and respiratory tract infections and rarely have been implicated in serious infections like meningitis, endocarditis, and osteomyelitis. A 76-year-old woman presented to our hospital with fever, vomiting, and generalized weakness for 3 days. …”
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Regional Aggressive Root Resorption Caused by Neuronal Virus Infection by Inger Kjær, Carsten Strøm, Nils Worsaae

“…Anamnestic information revealed severe virus diseases during childhood, meningitis in one case and whooping cough in the other. …”
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Successful management of a Comatose Patient with Traumatic Brain Exposure with a fronto-Parieto-occipital flap by Charles Chidiebele Maduba, Ugochukwu Uzodimma Nnadozie

“…The patient was deeply unconscious for 3 days, without any significant improvements before reconstructive surgery was proposed due to fear of possible meningitis resulting from the exposure of brain structures. …”
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Seizure as Presenting Symptom of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children by Eleonora S. D’Ambrosio, Stefanie Gauguet, Christine Miller, Erin McMahon, Christopher Driscoll, Mugdha Mohanty, Thomas Guggina

“…Additionally, because children infected with SARS-CoV-2 are often asymptomatic, a documented preceding COVID-19 infection might not be available to raise suspicion of MIS-C early on. Febrile seizures, meningitis, and encephalitis are childhood illnesses that pediatricians are generally familiar with, but associating these clinical pictures with MIS-C is uncommon. …”
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Role of Nasal Endoscopy in Chronic Osteomyelitis of Maxilla and Zygoma: A Case Report by J. S. Arunkumar, Ashok S. Naik, K. C. Prasad, S. G. Santhosh

“…Cranial bones are infrequently involved, but spreading of inflammation with involvement of surrounding structures represents important risk, such as cerebral abscess, encephalitis, or meningitis. The mandible is more commonly involved than the maxilla. …”
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Concomitant Administration of Vancomycin with a High Dose of Meropenem May Cause Acute Kidney Injury by Yoshiro Sakai, Seiji Karakawa, Takato Koutaki, Kyoko Higuchi, Aya Hashimoto, Hiroshi Watanabe

“…The patient underwent surgery and antibiotic treatment between 63 and 66 years for suspected meningitis and pneumonia. Coadministration of vancomycin with high-dose meropenem (6.0 g/day) caused AKI; however, no AKI occurred when vancomycin was administered alone or with a low dose of meropenem (1.5 or 3.0 g/day). …”
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Late Relapse of Previous Pulmonary Cryptococcosis With Symptoms Resembling Cerebral Infarction: A Case Report by Anatoli Pinchuk, Gernot Geginat, Volker Rickerts, Belal Neyazi, Klaus Peter Stein, Christian Mawrin, I. Erol Sandalcioglu, Ali Rashidi

“…The disease can also occur in individuals with various immunosuppressive conditions, frequently involving the brain or lungs. Cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is the most common form of fungal meningoencephalitis, leading to intracerebral infections, cerebral infarction, or hydrocephalus. …”
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Cytokines and Chemokines at the Crossroads of Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, and Neuropathic Pain by Geeta Ramesh, Andrew G. MacLean, Mario T. Philipp

“…This review will focus on how cytokines and chemokines affect neuroinflammation and disease pathogenesis in bacterial meningitis and brain abscesses, Lyme neuroborreliosis, human immunodeficiency virus encephalitis, and neuropathic pain.…”
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El virus HHV-6 y su relación con los trastornos del neurodesarrollo. by Alma Dzib Goodin

“…Principalmente se le relaciona con la epilepsia benigna, las convulsiones febriles, la encefalitis, la meningoencefalitis, la meningitis y la esclerosis multiple. Actualmente el virus se evoca en estudios de caso relacionados con los trastornos del neurodesarrollo, debido a que éste puede atacar el Sistema Nervioso Central. …”
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Myelitis due to Coccidioidomycosis in an Immunocompetent Patient by Tetyana Vaysman, Sean Villaflores, Carlyn Estrella, Suman Radhakrishna, Antonio Liu

“…Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain demonstrated meningeal enhancements suggestive of meningitis, and further MRI study of the cervical spine revealed myelitis. …”
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An Intracranial Extradural Dermoid Cyst Presenting with Two Dermal Sinuses and an Abscess in a Child by Aysha Albastaki, Reem AlThawadi, Janan Alajaimi, Khawla F. Ali, Talal Almayman

“…Intracranial dermoid cysts vary in clinical presentations: some maybe asymptomatic whilst others harbor features of raised intracranial pressure, neurological deficits, or even aseptic meningitis. Dermoid cysts may also present with cutaneous lesions. …”
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A Rare Case of Spontaneous Pneumocephalus Associated with Nontraumatic Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak by Murad Baba, Omer Tarar, Amer Syed

“…The patient was started on intravenous antibiotics for meningitis prophylaxis and subsequently underwent transsphenoidal repair of cerebrospinal fluid leak with abdominal fat graft. …”
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Ocular manifestation of systemic tuberculosis in children at tertiary pediatric hospital in North India by Meenakshi Wadhwani, Amit Kumar, Dhulika Dhingra, Hem Sati

“…Results: A total of 90 children were diagnosed with tuberculosis, of whom 30 (33.3%) were male and 60 (66.7%) were female, The mean age of presentation is 4±7 years. 30 (33.7 %) were a diagnosed case of pulmonary kochs, 52 (58.4 %) had tubercular meningitis (TBM), remaining 7 (7.8%) had other extrapulmonary kochs. …”
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Empyema Caused by Citrobacter koseri in an Immunocompetent Patient by Miguel Angel Ariza-Prota, Ana Pando-Sandoval, Marta García-Clemente, Ramón Fernández, Pere Casan

“…Citrobacter koseri is known to be an uncommon but serious cause of both sporadic and epidemic septicemia and meningitis in neonates and young infants. Most cases reported have occurred in immunocompromised hosts. …”
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Three Cases of West Nile Encephalitis over an Eight-Day Period at a Downtown Los Angeles Community Hospital by Adam Puchalski, Antonio K. Liu, Byron Williams

“…Physicians and other health care providers should consider West Nile infection in the differential diagnosis of causes of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis, obtain appropriate laboratory studies, and promptly report cases to public health authorities. …”
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