Vertebral osteomyelitis complicating pneumococcal meningitis

Neurology. 2008 Aug 19;71(8):612-3. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000323929.02976.2b.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology
  • Female
  • Floxacillin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / complications*
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / diagnosis*
  • Meningitis, Pneumococcal / drug therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteomyelitis / complications*
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnosis*
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Penicillins / therapeutic use
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Penicillins
  • Floxacillin
  • Amoxicillin