Neurogenic pulmonary oedema induced by bacterial meningitis: a case report.
We report a case of neurogenic pulmonary oedema occurring in association with bacterial meningitis. An 87 year old man suddenly developed severe dyspnoea without cardiac failure (MUGA scan ejection fraction 47%). Radiographs showed pulmonary oedema. A few hours later he developed signs of meningitis and lumbar puncture suggested a partially treated bacterial meningitis. We suspect that the bacterial meningitis had induced neurogenic pulmonary oedema.
D'Souza
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Medical Unit, Highland Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Inverness. raymonddsou@yahoo.com
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D020806:Central Nervous System Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography