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Acute neutrophilic meningitis treated successfully with corticosteroids
Alexandra Alexopoulou1, Melanie Deutsch, Spyros P Dourakis
1Academic Department of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece. alexopou@ath.forthnet.gr
Southern Medical Journal
|September 30, 2003
Abstract:
This report describes a cocaine user who presented with polymorphonuclear pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid mimicking bacterial meningitis. Thorough investigation of the cerebrospinal fluid did not reveal evidence of bacteria or fungi. Clinical deterioration was observed in spite of empiric treatment with antibiotics. The patient had a favorable outcome after corticosteroid treatment.