title: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus meningitis.
abstract: Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) meningitis is rarely known to occur in children. We report an 11-year-old girl with fever, headache and vomiting, right hemiparesis with left-sided upper motor neuron facial nerve palsy and bladder incontinence. On investigation, she was found to have MRSA meningitis with an acute left thalamo-corpuscular infarct. She was treated with vancomycin, linezolid and rifampicin. She recovered successfully with residual right-sided lower limb monoparesis. MRSA meningitis is rare but can occur in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics , Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children , Parel, Mumbai , India.
authors.forename: Noella Maria Delia
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics , Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children , Parel, Mumbai , India.
authors.forename: Ira
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics , Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children , Parel, Mumbai , India.
authors.forename: Alpana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohri
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics , Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children , Parel, Mumbai , India.
authors.forename: Forum
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shah