J Clin Neurol.  2016 Oct;12(4):517-518. 10.3988/jcn.2016.12.4.517.

A Nonpregnant Woman with Group B Streptococcal Meningitis and Multifocal Embolic Infarctions

• Park DY
• Lee SB
• Yoon DY
• Kim JY

• KMID: 2385123
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2016.12.4.517

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Infarction*
Meningitis*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Skin lesion and radiological images of the 60-year-old patient. A: Violaceous macule around the injection site. B-E: Diffusion-weighted brain MRI showed diffusion restrictions at right anteroinferior cerebellum, superior vermis to superior cerebellum, left hippocampus, right inferior frontal gyral cortex, right superior parietal lobular cortex and bilateral high frontoparietal cortices. F, G, and H: Abdomen-pelvic CT showed pyelonephritis in the both kidneys and perimuscular abcess, posterior to the left gluteus maximus associated with diffuse fasciitis and subcutaneous infection. Also, small abscess was observed in right psoas muscle. I: L-spine MRI revealed infectious spondylitis, 3rd–4th lumbar vertebral bodies with infection of facet joints.

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