Abstract
We report a 45-year-old man with fulminant pneumococcal meningitis. Fluid attenuated inverse ratio MR images showed the ravaging consequences of occlusive vasculopathy and a transient purulent basal exudate. Bilateral thalamic lesions may have explained the failure to awaken despite appropriate antibiotic therapy.
MeSH terms
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Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnosis
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Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology
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Arterial Occlusive Diseases / microbiology
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Cerebral Arteries
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Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
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Cerebral Infarction / etiology
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Cerebral Infarction / microbiology
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Coma / diagnosis*
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Coma / microbiology*
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Exudates and Transudates / microbiology
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Humans
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Meningitis, Pneumococcal / complications*
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Meningitis, Pneumococcal / diagnosis*
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Middle Aged