title: Acute deafness as the presenting symptom of bacterial meningitis.
abstract: Hearing loss has long been documented to occur during the course of meningitis. We report a case of a child presenting with deafness as the principal complaint of bacterial meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. elmcox@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleiman
authors.forename: Inessa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gelfand
mesh_terms: D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D038541:Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B / Q000302:isolation & purification