Staphylococcal meningitis can present as an abscess of a single lateral ventricle.
Ventricular obstruction and hydrocephalus are recognized complications of neurosurgical procedures and meningitis that has been previously treated. The confinement of bacterial meningitis solely to a lateral ventricle in an otherwise healthy individual, however, is rare. I describe a case in which a ventricular abscess occurred as the presenting manifestation of staphylococcal meningitis in a man who had no history of head trauma or neurosurgery.
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Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Greensboro.
D000328:Adult; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009254:Nafcillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use
D009254:Nafcillin; D014640:Vancomycin; D012293:Rifampin