Meningitis with Digital Gangrene in Meningococcal Infection: An Atypical Presentation

Meningococcal infection is an important public health concern. usually colonizes the nasopharynx of healthy adolescents and adults and remains as asymptomatic colonizer, while in rare cases it may present as invasive disease as either meningitis or septicemia or both. Most of the cases have typical...

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Published inJournal of clinical and diagnostic research Vol. 10; no. 12; pp. OD03 - OD04
Main Authors Singh, Jitendra, Himanshu, Dandu, Nim, Ranjit Kumar, Dinkar, Anju, Gupta, Kamlesh Kumar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India JCDR Research and Publications (P) Limited 01.12.2016
JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
Subjects
bacterial meningitis
digital gangrene
Internal Medicine Section
rashless presentation
septicemia
Bacterial meningitis
Septicemia
Digital gangrene
Rashless presentation
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Summary:Meningococcal infection is an important public health concern. usually colonizes the nasopharynx of healthy adolescents and adults and remains as asymptomatic colonizer, while in rare cases it may present as invasive disease as either meningitis or septicemia or both. Most of the cases have typical presentation of rashes. We hereby present a case of a 40-year-old male who presented with meningococcal meningitis and peripheral digital gangrene but without development of typical rashes. He improved by early institution of appropriate intravenous antibiotics with supportive care.
ISSN:2249-782X
0973-709X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2016/22206.9017