title: Pneumococcal meningitis, cerebral venous thrombosis, and cervical arterial dissection: a run of bad luck?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pneumococcal meningitis in adults is widely associated with intracranial complications, which occur in up to 74.7% of the patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report the case of a 40-year-old white female with pneumococcal meningitis after a sinus surgery, who developed a concomitant cerebral venous thrombosis and multiple cervical artery dissections. Following treatment with antibiotics and intravenous heparin, she had complete neurological recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vascular complications should always be remembered and adequately treated in patients with bacterial meningitis. Cervical arterial dissections should be investigated as potential embolic sources of intracranial ischemic lesions.
authors: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Federal University of São Paulo-UNIFESP, SP, Brazil.
authors: Mauricio Isaac
authors: MI
authors: Panicio
authors: Renato Demarchi
authors: RD
authors: Foresto
authors: Lucas
authors: L
authors: Mateus
authors: Paulo Helio
authors: PH
authors: Monzillo
authors: Monique Bueno
authors: MB
authors: Alves
authors: Gisele Sampaio
authors: GS
authors: Silva
keywords: cerebral venous thrombosis; cervical artery dissection; pneumococcal meningitis
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