Fatal group a streptococcal meningitis in an adult

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CASE REPORT

Year : 2007 | Volume : 25 | Issue : 2 | Page : 169-170

Fatal group a streptococcal meningitis in an adult

R Mani¹, A Mahadevan², S Pradhan¹, S Nagarathna¹, NS Srikanth³, M Dias³, A Chandramuki¹
¹ Departments of Neuromicrobiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore - 560 029, India
² Departments of Neuropathology, NIMHANS, Bangalore - 560 029, India
³ Department of Microbiology, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore - 560 034, Karnataka, India

Correspondence Address:
A Chandramuki
Departments of Neuromicrobiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore - 560 029
India

DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.32731

PMID: 17582195

Despite the recent resurgence in reports of invasive Group A Streptococcal (GAS) infections worldwide, it remains a rare cause of pyogenic meningitis both in children and adults. We report a case of fatal GAS meningitis in a healthy adult emphasizing the need for clinicians to be aware of its fulminant course, prompting early diagnosis and treatment. There is also a need to consider postexposure chemoprophylaxis in close contacts of such cases.

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