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Meningitis caused by

Ayako Shirai, Daisuke Ono, Kazuyuki Mimura, Kei Yamamoto, Takayuki Kawamura, Yujin Nozaki, Sunao Tanaka, Masaomi Yamamoto, Hideaki Ohno, Kunihisa Tsukada and 1 more

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Article in IDCases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Ayako ShiraiDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Daisuke OnoDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Kazuyuki MimuraDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Kei YamamotoDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Takayuki KawamuraDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Yujin NozakiDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Tokyo-Kita Medical Center, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Sunao TanakaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Masaomi YamamotoDepartment of Neurology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Hideaki OhnoDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Kunihisa TsukadaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Hideaki OkaDepartment of General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A previously healthy 58-year-old male initially presented to a healthcare facility with otorrhea in his left ear, accompanied by a scab in both the auricle and ear canal, with a lesion protruding from the left cavity and oozing discharge (day 0). The following day, the patient was transferred to our facility with fever and altered consciousness. Imaging studies, including computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, revealed a soft tissue mass in the left maxillary, ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses, and diffuse pus within the subdural space over the bilateral frontoparietal regions. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis showed elevated opening pressure, increased white blood cell count, predominance of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, elevated protein levels, and reduced glucose levels compared to the serum.

Indexed as

Malignant otitis externaMeningitisStreptococcus pyogenes

Identifiers

PMID40237003
PMCPMC11999648

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