encephalomalacia/fever

BACKGROUND Neisseria meningitidis is one of the most significant bacterial infections in children and adolescents. As transplacental antibodies in the circulation gradually decline, the prevalence of meningococcal disease among young infants is high, and often presents an invasive clinical

A 14-year-old male presented with paresthesias on the right upper and lower extremities, headache, and vomiting. In addition to worsening paresthesia and weakness on the right side of his body, blurred vision, fever, and skin lesions developed. He also had skin lesions characterized with 3-10 mm

Three cases of brain abscess following an occlusion of the internal carotid artery were reported. Case 1: A 6-year-old girl with congenital heart disease was admitted with headache, disturbance of consciousness and left hemiparesis. Right carotid angiography revealed an occlusion of the right

Though cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is recognized as a disease of the immunocompromised, studies have implicated that it also affect immunocompetent patients. This was a cross sectional study conducted in the Department of Medicine of a tertiary teaching institution in North India. All the patients

Though cryptococcal meningitis (CM) is recognized as a disease of the immunocompromised, studies have implicated that it also affect immunocompetent patients. This was a cross sectional study conducted in the Department of Medicine of a tertiary teaching institution in North India. All the patients

It is reported on the therapy with antibiotics of 5 patients with staphylococcal endocarditis with linkomycin--streptomycin. 2 patients were cured, 2 patients died after disappearing of fever and clinically unequivocally controlled septicaemia of typical complications of ulcerous endocarditis. One

A 19-year-old woman with congenital cyanotic heart disease (Epstein anomaly and ventricular septal defect) had persistent headaches and intermittent fever for five weeks. Physical examination revealed central cyanosis, finger clubbing and fever. The leucocyte count was elevated. Cerebral MR imaging

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical characteristics, antibiotics sensitivity and outcome of group B streptococcus (GBS) meningitis in neonates in order to provide the guide for early diagnosis and appropriate treatment. METHODS A retrospective review was performed and a total of 13 cases of neonatal

Objective: To explore the clinical features, the risk factors of mortality and drug resistance of the isolates in patients with group B streptococcus (GBS) meningitis. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed in 96 children with GBS meningitis (46 males and 50 females) at

In spite of high rates of morbidity and mortality in herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis, however, it is one of the exceptional viral infections with specific and effective therapy. In this report a HSV encephalitis case who was clinically unresponsive to acyclovir treatment, has been presented.

Orbital cellulitis is rare. However the high risk of severe ocular and neurological complications make early diagnosis and adequate therapy essential. The purpose of this retrospective study is to describe 33 cases observed in the pediatric infectious disease department of the Casablanca Children's

BACKGROUND Bilateral temporal lobe agenesis/hypogenesis along with middle cranial fossa arachnoid cysts (ACs) is extremely rare, and very few cases have been reported in the literature. METHODS We present the case of 2-year-old female presenting with chief complaints of headache, vomiting, and

A full-term, healthy male neonate was delivered by caesarian section to a 26-year-old primigravida woman who had a history of fever and upper respiratory tract infection. On the fourth day of life, the neonate developed a sepsis-like syndrome, acute respiratory and renal failure, and disseminated

We report a patient with acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis with a focus on serial MR imaging findings. Initial MR imaging of a 42-year-old woman revealed a 2.5-cm focal nonhemorrhagic lesion in the left thalamus and internal capsule. Twenty-four days later, fever and altered consciousness