Cranial nerve palsies in Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.
Cranial nerve palsies are uncommon in nontuberculous bacterial meningitis. We report a patient with Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis, multiple cranial nerve involvement, and cerebellar signs suggestive of basilar meningitis. Nontuberculous bacterial meningitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of basilar meningitis.
Chu
M L
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Department of Neurology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467.
Litman
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N
Kaufman
D M
DM
Shinnar
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S
D000293:Adolescent; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*