title: Cranial nerve palsies in Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10467.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Litman
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinnar
mesh_terms: 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*