Infectious Disease- Meningitis

Today we’ll be covering Meningitis, going along with this month’s theme, Infectious Disease- CNS Infections. If you haven’t listened to our podcast before, each week we have a case-based discussion about a medical topic to help you study for the pediatric medicine board exam. Episodes are released every weekend, and the case is then reviewed and reinforced on social media throughout the week. 

 

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Today’s Case:

 

A 10 year old previously healthy male presents after 24 hours of non-remitting headache, intractable vomiting, and fevers to 104.1F at home. Mother brought the patient to the ED after symptoms continued to worsen, and she noticed him moving his neck less. No recent travel, but he did go to a sleepover recently and notes that one of the friends there had a “GI bug.” Given his symptoms, a lumbar puncture is performed, and the fluid obtained is noted to be clear and colorless with an opening pressure of 30 mmH20, WBC of 200, predominantly lymphocytes, protein low at 80 mg/dl, and glucose slightly elevated to 60 mg/dl. Serum glucose was 85. Given these results, what is the most likely etiology of this child’s symptomatology?

1. Bacterial meningitis
2. Subarachnoid hemorrhage
3. Fungal meningitis
4. Viral meningitis
5. Tuberculous meningitis

 

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