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KMID : 0911820170180020045
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Korean Journal of Headache
2017 Volume.18 No. 2 p.45 ~ p.47
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Hidden Spinal Cord Infection Camouflaging as Bacterial Meningitis
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Lee Jee-Un
Lee Ju-Young
Bae Jong-Seok
Lee Ju-Hun
Song Hong-Ki
Kim Ye-Rim
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Abstract
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Bacterial meningitis is an infection of the meninges by bacteria and the classic triad of fever, neck stiffness and altered mental status may be present. In this case, we report a patient who was first diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and treated as thus. A hidden spinal cord infection was later found when the patient complained of aggravation of symptoms of headache and neck pain. Thus, spinal MRI may be helpful in finding spinal infection, otherwise hidden under the similar symptoms of headache and neck stiffness.
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KEYWORD
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Bacterial meningitis, Infectious spondylitis, Spinal epidural abscess
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