Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Meningitis, Bacterial ; complications ; Salmonella Infections ; complications ; Salmonella typhi ; isolation & purification ; Sepsis ; complications

Cryptococcal meningitis has become the largest cause for the death of infectious diseases in the central nervous system infectious disease worldwide. Most patients with cryptococcal meningitis have AIDS, autoimmune diseases, hematologic malignancies, and some other relevant diseases. It is mainly caused by infection with
Antiphospholipid Syndrome/complications* ; Cryptococcus neoformans ; Female ; HIV Infections ; Humans ; Meningitis, Cryptococcal/complications* ; Middle Aged ; Stroke

OBJECTIVE: To study the clinical feature and treatment of extracranial and intracranial complications caused by otitis media. METHOD: Three hundred and twenty patients of acute and chronic otitis media were admitted to our department between 2005 and 2014. Among them, 34 patients were diagnosed with extracranial and intracranial complications. The clinical features and treatment outcome were retrospectively studied. Of the 34 patients associated with complications, 25 had a single complication,8 had two complications and 1 had three complications. Complications included labyrinthitis in 14 cases, facial paralysis in 11, postauricular subperiosteal abscess in 6, Bezold abscess in 1, thrombophlebitis of sigmoid sinus in 2, otitis meningitis in land otogenic brain abscess in 8. RESULT: Thirty-three patients were cured or improved and 1 patient died. CONCLUSION Due to the widespread use of antibiotics, the clinical manifestations of extracranial and intracranial complications of otitis media become more hidden and atypical. The surgery is the primary treatment method.
Brain Abscess ; complications ; Chronic Disease ; Facial Paralysis ; complications ; Humans ; Labyrinth Diseases ; complications ; Mastoiditis ; complications ; Meningitis ; complications ; Otitis Media ; complications ; physiopathology ; Retrospective Studies ; Treatment Outcome

We present a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage induced by chronic suppurative otitis media and discuss the possible mechanism here. Chronic suppurative otitis media is a common suppurative inflammation of middle ear, which can cause sorts of extracranial and intracranial complications in the situation of lower resistance or higher virulence. However, the condition of subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by chronic suppurative otitis media is quite rare. According to this case and previously published articles, we consider that meningitis may be the main reason of subarachnoid hemorrhage induced by chronic suppurative otitis media.
Chronic Disease ; Ear, Middle ; Female ; Humans ; Meningitis ; complications ; Middle Aged ; Otitis Media, Suppurative ; complications ; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ; complications

Twenty-nine patients haboring primary or recurrent malignant gliomas were treated with direct implantation of radioactive sources into the tumor in afterlozded, removable catheters using stereotatic technique between November 1987 and October 1990. Indine-125(I-125) was implanted in 22 patients and high dose rate(HDR) Iridium-192(Ir-192) in 7 patients. All patients had been treated with external radiation and most had been treated with chemotherapeutic agents. one or more sources were placed in each tumor to deliver 5000-8000 cGy to the tumor's periphery for I-125 and 3000 cGy for HDR Ir-192. Eleven of 13 patients with glioblastoma multiforme were alive at 35 weeks whose mean survival was 74 weeks, and remained two were expired at 35 and 78 weeks, respectively. All 5 patients with anaplastic astrocytoma were alive at 39 weeks whose mean survival was 74 weeks. Five of 9 recurrent blioblastoma were alive at 22 weeks whose mean survival was 44 weeks, and remained three were expired at 13, 17 and 22 weeks respectively. All two patients with anaplastic astrocytoma were alive at 22 and 52 weeks, respectively. Four patients with deep seated analphastic astrocytoma(3 in the thalamus and 1 in the third ventricle) were treated successfully by brachytheray without any surgical morbidity and mortality and they were still alive 38, 48, 74 and 123 weeks after brachytherapy. There were few minor postoperative complications including 3 meningitis. 2 leak of cerebrospinal fluid and 3 radiation necrosis without any mortality. The authors conclude that the brachytherapy with temporary implanted I-125 or Ir-192 sources may provide long-term survial in selected patients with primary or recurrent malignant gliomas.
Astrocytoma ; Brachytherapy* ; Catheters ; Cerebrospinal Fluid ; Glioblastoma ; Glioma* ; Humans ; Meningitis ; Mortality ; Necrosis ; Postoperative Complications ; Thalamus

The first case of haemorrhagic meningitis due to Bacillus anthracis in the European part of Turkey is reported here. B. anthracis, sensitive to penicillin, was isolated from the cerebrospinal fluid and blood cultures. Although appropriate therapy was administered, the patient died two days after hospitalization.
Adult ; Anthrax/*complications ; *Bacillus anthracis ; Fatal Outcome ; Humans ; Male ; Meningitis, Bacterial/*microbiology ; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/*microbiology

Cochlear Implantation ; adverse effects ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Meningitis ; etiology ; Postoperative Complications

Cryptococcal meningitis is a rare complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The nonspecific neurologic findings associated with this infection delays accurate diagnosis because initial neuropsychiatric manifestations of SLE are in instances indistinguishable from that of crytococcal meningitis. We report a case of cryptococcal meningitis presenting with unilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy in a male patient with SLE, which was successfully treated with antifungal agents.
Abducens Nerve Diseases/*etiology ; Adult ; Humans ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/*complications ; Male ; Meningitis, Cryptococcal/*etiology

Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Meningitis, Bacterial ; etiology ; Streptococcal Infections ; complications ; Streptococcus agalactiae

Cerebrovascular Disorders ; diagnosis ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Humans ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic ; complications ; Meningitis, Bacterial ; diagnosis ; Vasculitis ; diagnosis