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Infections > Central Nervous System Infections > Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections > Meningitis, Bacterial > Meningitis, Pneumococcal
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Meningitis, Pneumococcal  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Meningitides, Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Meningitis, Streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitides
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis

Note

  • do not coordinate with STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE unless organism is particularly discussed

Scope note

  • 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)

In other languages

  • pneumokokin aiheuttama aivokalvotulehdus

    Finnish

  • meningitis pneumococcica
  • pneumokokin aiheuttama aivokalvojen tulehdus
  • pneumokokin aiheuttama aivokalvontulehdus
  • pneumokokkiaivokalvotulehdus
  • pneumokokkimeningiitti
  • Pneumokockmeningit

    Swedish

  • Experimentell pneumokockmeningit
  • Hjärnhinneinflammation, pneumokock
  • Meningit, pneumokock
  • Penicillinresistent pneumokockmeningit
  • Återkommande pneumokockmeningit

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008586

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