A 5-day-old female is transferred from another hospital due to irritability and a worsening pustular rash. The mother’s pregnancy, labor and delivery was complicated by a group B strep-positive ...

Baseline labs can be normal and without evidence of leukocytosis or azotemia. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained by lumbar puncture (LP) is essential for the diagnosis of meningitis. The rare but ...

This is a new column providing journal articles pertinent to EM residents. It is not meant to be an extensive review of the articles nor is it wholly comprehensive of all the literature published.

Localized redness was noted at the site of the patient’s pneumococcal vaccination. The patient's symptoms indicated that lumbar puncture was required to rule out a meningitis diagnosis. Mr. B, aged 46 ...

Another brain CT revealed new edema of the left medial frontal, posterior temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes with mass effect as well as bilateral cerebellar infarcts. A brain MRI confirmed ...

A young healthy male developed meningococcal meningitis followed by acute onset low thoracic flaccid paraplegia with complete motor and sensory loss and sphincter disturbance. He responded well to ...

The Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention receives tissues from cases that are referred, because no pathogen was found but an infectious ...

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