title: Acute pneumococcal myelitis in an adult patient.
abstract: Pneumococcal meningitis represents the most severe community-acquired bacterial meningitis. The disease is frequently associated with various complications. We present a case of pneumococcal meningitis in an immunocompetent adult patient treated with hypothermia. The disease course was complicated with severe myelitis and consequent paraplegia which is an extremely rare complication of pneumococcal disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Klaudija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Višković
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Centre "Sestre milosrdnice", Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Matej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mustapić
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia ; Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Neuroinfectology, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kutleša
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Neuroinfectology, University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr. Fran Mihaljević", Zagreb, Croatia ; School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: Dragan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lepur
keywords: Adult; Bacterial Meningitis; Myelitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae