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Disease Information for Meningitis, pneumococcal (Clinical Manifestations)
Meningitides Streptococcus pneumoniae, Meningitis pneumococcal, Meningitis Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pneumococcal Meningitides, Pneumococcal Meningitis, Pneumococcal meningitis (disorder), Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitides, Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis
An acute purulent infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, most prevalent in children and adults over the age of 60. This illness may be associated with OTITIS MEDIA; MASTOIDITIS; SINUSITIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; sickle cell disease (ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL); skull fractures; and other disorders. Clinical manifestations include FEVER; HEADACHE; neck stiffness; and somnolence followed by SEIZURES; focal neurologic deficits (notably DEAFNESS); and COMA. (From Miller et al., Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p111)
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External Links Related to Meningitis, pneumococcal
- Wikipedia
- Merck Manual
- PubMed
- National Guideline Clearinghouse
- eMedicine (medscape)
- Harrison's Online
- NEJM (The New England Journal of Medicine)
Clinical Manifestations
- Signs & Symptoms
- Paroxysmal Shivering
- Rigors/Shaking chills
- Teeth Chattering
- Uncontrollable Shaking
- Neck muscle pains
- Tachycardia/Fast heart rate
- Diaphoresis profuse/active sweating/acute
- Excess Sweating Children
- Sweating Excess Perspiration
- Nausea
- Projectile vomiting
- Vomiting
- Absent focal neurologic signs/expected
- Altered mental status Mental status change
- Bilateral abdominal reflex decreased
- Brudzinski's sign positive
- Changing neurologic signs, rapid
- CNS symptoms/signs
- Cognitive defect
- Confusion/agitation on exam
- Confusion/Disoriented
- Cranial nerve abnormalities/involvement/signs
- Delirium
- Delirium/Agitated delirium
- Difficulty flexing neck
- Dysarthria
- Facial Nerve Palsy/Facial Paralysis
- Facial weakness/droop, unilateral
- Febrile seizure/children
- Fluctuating consciousness
- Focal neurologic deficit
- Fontanelle bulging, infant
- Head retraction/infant
- Headache
- Headache in children
- Headache, severe
- Headache, sudden severe and new type/Thunderclap
- Headache/worsened by movement
- Hemiplegic Gait
- Impaired judgement/signs
- Infant Seizures
- Irritability/short tempered
- Kernigs sign
- Lethargy/torpor
- Meningeal Signs
- Neurological symptoms/signs
- Obtunded/poorly responsive status/signs
- Papilledema on exam
- Seizures
- Seizures Newborn
- Slow speech
- Station change adjustment/infant poor
- Stiff neck/Nuchal rigidity
- Stupor/poor reponse to stimulus
- Sudden unconsciousness
- Unconscious/Narcosis status
- Widening skull sutures/infant
- Hallucination/visual
- Acute Back Pain
- Back Pain
- Backache
- Neck pain
- Red or inflammed pharynx
- Sore throat in Elderly
- Sore throat/Pharyngitis
- Sore Throat/Throat Pain
- Throat Conditions
- Acute sepsis syndrome
- Acutely ill patient/signs
- Chills
- Collapse/Prostration
- Debilitated
- Fever
- Fever Febrile Possible
- Fever in elderly
- Fever in kids
- Fever in kids Under 3
- Fever, high
- Flu-Like Syndrome
- High body temperature
- Infant peevish/irritable/fretful
- Malaise
- Old and Very young patients/do poorly
- Sudden death of an infant
- Toxic and Febrile Septic
- Blurred Optic Disk Margin
- Diplopia Double vision
- Nerve deafness, recent onset
- Photophobia/Light sensitive
- Visual symptoms
- Typical Clinical Presentation
- Coma with normal Head CT Scan
- SBI/Systemic bacterial infection child
- Clinical Presentation & Variations
- Disease Progression
- Course/Acute
- Course/Acute only
- Course/Fulminant/Precipitous
- Course/Lethal
- Course/Lethal possible/not usual
- Course/Potentially lethal/untreated
- Course/Prognosis bad/usually
- Course/Severe illness
- Course/Untreated mortality high
- Lethal Potential
- Signs & Symptoms
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