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CNS Infections
 

Dr Patsy Lill
Professor Emerita
University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Bacterial meningitis

A 39-year-old woman presents with complaints of a severe headache and stiff neck.  She has a temperature of 38.6, has pain on anterior flexion of the neck, and Kernig’s sign is present.  She is admitted to the hospital and placed on IV antibiotics after a blood culture is drawn.  The next day petechial hemorrhages appear on her abdomen and thighs.  Below are images from a similar case.
 


What is the MOST likely bacterial species causing the meningitis? 

1.  Listeria monocytogenes

2.  Neisseria meningitidis

3.  Hemophilus influenzae Type B

4.  E. coli

 

ANSWER

 
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