16Oct 2018

MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS COMPLICATED WITH SUBDURAL EMPYEMA : A CASE REPORT.

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Subdural empyema complicating meningococcal meningitis is rare in infants. Early suspicion of empyema should be considered when the evolution is atypical under treatment. We present a case of a 5-month-old infant who presented with bilateral empyema during an atypical evolution of Neisseria meningitidis meningitis serogroup B, admitted in the pediatric ward of University Hospital Mohamed VI, Marrakesh (Morocco) in 2016.

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[Ibtissam Khattou, Noureddine Rada, Ghizlane Draiss and Mohammed Bouskraoui. (2018); MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS COMPLICATED WITH SUBDURAL EMPYEMA : A CASE REPORT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Oct). 1069-1071] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

khattou ibtissam
Service de pédiatrie A. CHU Mohammed VI Marrakech. Maroc

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/7907      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/7907

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