A rare case of fatal meningoencephalitis with septic thromboembolism due to otitis media: a forensic case and review of literature

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Jul 24:2017:bcr2017220594. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220594.
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Keywords: global Health; infection (neurology); meningitis; otitis; prevention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / microbiology
  • Candida albicans / isolation & purification
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Enterobacter cloacae / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Meningoencephalitis / drug therapy
  • Meningoencephalitis / etiology*
  • Otitis Media / complications*
  • Otitis Media / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / drug therapy
  • Sepsis / etiology*
  • Thromboembolism / etiology*
  • Thromboembolism / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents