title: [The hospitalized patient with fever and mental status changes].
abstract: The case is discussed of a 74-year-old patient hospitalised with acute colitis, who newly developed headache, fever, and mental status changes on the 14th day after admission. The course of the disease was characterised by rapid progression with loss of consciousness and the development of extensive brain oedema, despite broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy. The patient died on the 17th of hospitalisation.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik Anna Seiler, Bern.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Guillet
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Täuber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000150:complications*; D003092:Colitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014474:Unconsciousness
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents