Purulent Meningitis as an Unusual Presentation of  Staphylococcus Aureus Endocarditis in A 10 Year  Child : A Case Report

DR  MANAS  RANJAN  SAHOO; Dr M Srinivas Rao; Dr A Vasundhara; Dr P Sudarsini; Dr K Umamaheswar Rao

Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

Purulent Meningitis as an Unusual Presentation of Staphylococcus Aureus Endocarditis in A 10 Year Child : A Case Report

Dr Manas Ranjan Sahoo, Dr M Srinivas Rao, Dr A Vasundhara, Dr P Sudarsini, Dr K Umamaheswar Rao

Abstract :

On presentation of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis, unusual manifestations may represent the main clinical features of the disease. Isolated bacterial meningitis as the first manifestation of endocarditis is considered to be an unusual neurological complication. Here, we describe a case S. aureus endocarditis presenting as isolated meningitis and mimicking meningococcal septicaemia with cutaneous vasculitus with septic shock .This case is reported because of diagnostic challenge and how recognition of this infectious syndrome is of crucial importance for the correct management of patients.