Tago Masaki, Hirata Risa, Hirakawa Yuka, Makio Seijiro, Oishi Toru, Nakamura Masahiko, Yamashita Shun, Tokushima Yoshinori, Tokushima Midori, Katsuki Naoko E, Aihara Hidetoshi, Fujiwara Motoshi
Department of General Medicine Saga University Hospital Saga Japan.
Clin Case Rep. 2023 Oct 10;11(10):e8020. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8020. eCollection 2023 Oct.
can cause neurological symptoms in immunocompromised and older patients. Additionally, it is impossible to rule out meningitis by the absence of typical meningeal irritation signs. Therefore, patients with fever and neurological impairments should be rapidly examined for blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures to rule out meningitis.
A woman in her 90s developed fever, dysarthria, and transient disturbance of consciousness. Physical examination revealed no meningeal irritation signs. were detected in her blood culture the following day. Because of an increased number of cells in cerebrospinal fluid, she was diagnosed with meningitis.
可在免疫功能低下和老年患者中引起神经症状。此外,不能因缺乏典型的脑膜刺激征而排除脑膜炎。因此,对于发热和有神经功能障碍的患者,应迅速进行血液和脑脊液培养检查以排除脑膜炎。
一名90多岁的女性出现发热、构音障碍和短暂意识障碍。体格检查未发现脑膜刺激征。次日其血培养中检测到(相关病菌)。由于脑脊液中细胞数量增加,她被诊断为(某种)脑膜炎。