title: Delayed diagnosis of meningitis caused by beta-haemolytic group G. Streptococcus in an older woman.
abstract: A case of meningitis caused by group G beta-hemolytic Streptococcus (dysgalactiae, subspecies equisimilis) is reported in an 83-year-old woman. Streptococci species other than Streptococcus pneumoniae are seldom found in patients with acute bacterial meningitis, therefore, our discussion is focused on this rare organism. The question of the diagnosis of meningitis in the elderly is also addressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Université Catholique de Louvain, Mont-Godinne Hospital, 5530, Yvoir, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luyx
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vanpee
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Glupczynski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Swine
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Gillet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors