Sudden death from rupture of cerebral abscess into subarachnoid space
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Although a frequent and extensively described cause of meningitis in neonates, grain-negative meningitis is unusual in adults. Most of the cases reported are secondary to trauma or surgery. Spontaneous cases are rare and almost always have a primary tocus of infection elsewhere Which needs to be explored. We report the case of a young woman with gram—negative meningitis secondary to rupture of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Case Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226743