Early diagnosis and management of cerebritis in a child.
A 3 1/2-year-old boy with primary staphylococcal septicemia presented with elevated cerebrospinal fluid protein and pleocytosis. Serial computerized tomography examinations revealed the development of an intracranial lesion suggestive of an early infectious process. All cultures of cerebrospinal fluid taken before and after antibiotic treatment revealed no growth. Although no focal neurological findings evolved, both clinical and radiologic abnormalities resolved with antibiotic therapy. Computerized tomography can provide a means to diagnose cerebritis and to evaluate therapeutic response.
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005490:Focal Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008712:Methicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002701:Chloramphenicol; D008712:Methicillin