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ArticleCureus2022

Recurrent Meningitis in the Context of an Encephalocele.

Kimberly Go, Jiazeng Ge, Mohammed Abdelattif, May Zaw

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Frontoethmoidal encephalocele as a cause of recurrent meningitis.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kimberly GoInternal Medicine, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Cupecoy, SXM.
Jiazeng GeInternal Medicine, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Cupecoy, SXM.
Mohammed AbdelattifInternal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, New York City, USA.
May ZawInternal Medicine, BronxCare Health System, New York City, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recurrent meningitis in adults with an encephalocele is an uncommon occurrence. We present a case of a 57-year-old female with recurrent meningitis upon a new discovery of a sphenoidal encephalocele. In this case, the patient did not exhibit recurrent meningitis until 10 years after a fall injury not associated with direct head trauma. However, her fall did result in a temporary loss of consciousness. She began to have spontaneous intermittent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) rhinorrhea and headaches throughout the following 10 years without any diagnosis of meningitis. We discuss the causes of subsequent recurrent meningitis associated with CSF leakage and encephaloceles.

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encephalocelenegative csf culturerecurrent meningitisspontaneous rhinorrheastreptococcus pneumoniae

Identifiers

PMID36320999
PMCPMC9597703

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