Disease Information for Meningitis, pneumococcal
Meningitides Streptococcus pneumoniae, Meningitis pneumococcal, Meningitis Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pneumococcal Meningitides, Pneumococcal Meningitis, Pneumococcal meningitis (disorder), Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitides, Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis
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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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Demographics & Risk Factors[next]
- Past History
- Recent Event
- Established Disease Population
- Population Group
- Population/Pediatrics population
- Population/Previously well
- Sex & Age Groups
- Population/Adult/all
- Population/Adult-Aged Only
- Population/Child
- Population/Children/all
- Population/Elderly/Aged patient
- Population/Fetal-newborn
- Population/Infant
- Population/Seventies adult
- Population/Sixties-adult
- Population/Very Young or Very old
Clinical Manifestations[previous][top][next]
- Typical Clinical Presentation
- Presentation/Fulminant sepsis/prostration
- Presentation/Opisthotonus/persistant/infant
- Presentation/Toddler acute fever/toxic/pale/lethargic
- SBI/Systemic bacterial infection child
- 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
- Aged Adult
- Child
- Infant
- Rigors/Shaking chills
- Neck muscle pains
- Tachycardia/Fast heart rate
- Diaphoresis profuse/active sweating/acute
- Sweats/excess perspiration
- Nausea
- Projectile vomiting
- Vomiting
- Absent focal neurologic signs/expected
- AIDS with Seizures
- 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
- Impaired judgement/signs
- Infant Seizures
- Irritability/short tempered
- Kernigs sign
- Lethargy/torpor
- 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
- Acute sepsis syndrome
- Acutely ill patient/signs
- Chills
- Collapse/Prostration
- Debilitated
- Fever
- Fever in elderly
- Fever in kids
- Fever in kids/Under 3
- Fever, high
- Fever/Febrile Possible
- 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
Laboratory Tests[previous][top][next]
- Microbiology & Serology Findings
- Serum specific antibodies increased
- Microlab/Blood culture positive
- Microlab/Blood/Pneumococcus cultured
- Microlab/Bacteria capsule effect
- Microlab/Cocci on smear
- Microlab/Diplococci morphology
- Microlab/PCR/Antigen test/Abnormal
- Microlab/Urine polysaccharide/pneumococcal titer
- Microlab/CSF Culture abnormal
- Microlab/CSF Latex antigen/abnormal
- Microlab/CSF Pneumococcus antigen present
- Microlab/Gram/stain CSF abnormal
- Microlab/PCR CSF antigen/abnormal
- Stool Microscopic polys present
- Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured)
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Decreased
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased
- Microbiology & Serology Findings
Diagnostic Test Results[previous][top][next]
- Other Tests & Procedures
- Pathology
- CT Scan
Associated Diseases & Rule outs[previous][top][next]
- Rule Outs
- Associated Disease & Complications
- Bacteremia/Septicemia
- Bells palsy/Facial nerve paralysis
- Brain abscess
- Central diabetes insipidus
- Cerebral spastic diplegia
- CNS disease/involvement
- Cognitive/learning disability
- Coma in Children
- Coma in Elderly
- Coma/Unconscious
- Convulsions (grand mal)
- Cranial nerve palsy
- Deafness
- Deafness, sensorineural
- Death Outcome
- Dehydration
- Encephalitis, bacterial
- Endocarditis, infective
- Endocarditis, right heart
- Facial nerve palsy/secondary
- Febrile convulsion
- Hemiparesis
- Hemiplegia
- Hydrocephalus, acute acquired
- Hydrocephalus, chronic acquired
- Hyperglycemia
- Hyperpyrexia
- Hyponatremia
- Inappropriate ADH secretion syndrome
- Infantile muscular spasms/Hypsarrhythmia
- Leukocytosis
- Meningitis
- Meningitis, bacterial
- Meningitis, chronic
- Meningitis, pneumococcal
- Mental retardation
- Optic neuritis
- Organic brain syndrome
- Pharyngitis, acute septic
- Pneumococcal meningitis
- Pneumonia, aspiration
- Prerenal azotemia
- Seizure disorder (epilepsy)
- Status epilepticus
- Subdural effusion
- Sudden death/Child
- Suppurative labyrinthitis
- Childhood Seizures
- Facial Paralysis
- Disease Synergy - Causes
- Synergy/Asplenic/splenectomy
Disease Mechanism & Classification[previous][top][next]
- Specific Agent
- AGENT/Bacteria (category)
- AGENT/Encapsulated bacteria (ex).
- AGENT/Non-motile bacteria (example)
- Class
- CLASS/Meninges/pia/arachnoid involvement (ex)
- CLASS/Neurologic (category)
- Pathophysiology
- Pathophysiology/Blood-brain barrier leak
- Pathophysiology/CSF Pressure Increased
- Process
- PROCESS/Acute infection (ex).
- PROCESS/Complicating disorder (ex)
- PROCESS/Complicating/Specific process disorder (ex)
- PROCESS/Infected organ/abscess (category)
- PROCESS/Infection/agent specific (category)
- PROCESS/Inflammatory/infection (ex)
- Specific Agent
Treatment[previous][top][next]
- Drug Therapy - Indication
- RX/Antibiotic
- RX/Meropenem (Merrem)
- RX/Parenteral antibiotics required
- Drug Therapy - Indication
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