VOLUME 16 , ISSUE 1 ( January-June, 2014 ) > List of Articles
Chinnu Sajeev, Sathyabhama, Geetha Raveendran, Ramani Bai Joseph Theodore
Keywords : Meningitis, Neisseria meningitidis, penicillin resistance
Citation Information : Sajeev C, Sathyabhama, Raveendran G, Theodore RB. Penicillin resistant meningocooci causing post traumatic meningitis: A case report. 2014; 16 (1):40-41.
DOI: 10.4103/0972-1282.134466
License: CC BY-NC 4.0
Published Online: 15-07-2024
Copyright Statement: Copyright © 2014; Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd.
Neisseria meningitidis is a primary pathogen causing meningitis in almost all age groups. If appropriate treatment is not started early it can lead to septicaemia and death. Here we report post-traumatic meningococcal meningitis in an elderly male patient that was resistant to Penicillin.
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