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Meningitis due to viridans streptococci in adults
R H Enting1, J de Gans, J P Blankevoort
1Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre H2-214, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. R.H.Enting@AMC.UVA.NL
Journal of Neurology
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
Seven patients are reported with meningitis due to viridans streptococci. These patients represented 5% of culture-proven cases of bacterial meningitis in adults participating in a prospective multicentre clinical trial evaluating the use of dexamethasone. Meningitis was iatrogenic in three patients: one patient had been treated with endoscopic sclerotherapy for oesophageal varices, and two patients had undergone thermocoagulation of the gasserian ganglion for trigeminal neuralgia in the previous days.