A Case on Streptococcal Pneumonia Associated with Leptomeningitis, Osteomyelitis and Epidural Abscess in a Patient with AIDS.

Author: Jae Woong JEON ¹ ; Hee Jung YOON ; Joo Seok KIM ; Il Hwan RYU ; Ji Wook CHOI ; Min Gyu KIM ; Young Min NA ; Hyeon Jeong YUN
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1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. yhj822@medimail.co.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Streptococcus; Pneumonia; Meningitis; Osteomyelitis
MeSH: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Clindamycin; Epidural Abscess*; Humans; Meningitis; Mortality; Osteomyelitis*; Pneumococcal Infections; Pneumonia*; Pneumonia, Bacterial; Pneumonia, Pneumococcal; Streptococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Vaccination
From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2014;76(2):80-83
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are at higher risks of bacterial pneumonia than the general population, and the pathogen is the most commonly involved Streptococcus pneumoniae. We hereby report a case of pneumococcal pneumonia associated with leptomeningitis, osteomyelitis and epidural abscess in a patient with AIDS. He is being successfully treated with ampicillin/sulbactam and clindamycin. And because the pneumococcal infection is usually associated with morbidity and mortality rates in the setting of AIDS, we should consider for pneumococcal vaccinations among the AIDS populations.