1. Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae Bacteraemia
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Fadil Vardar, Cenk Eraslan, Mehmet Arda Kilinç, Bülent Karapinar, Gülhadiye Avcu, and Ege Üniversitesi
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Male ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Encephalopathy ,Splenium ,Bacteremia ,medicine.disease_cause ,Article ,Pneumococcal Infections ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Lesion ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Streptococcus pneumoniae ,medicine ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Splenium of the corpus callosum ,Child ,Splenic Diseases ,business.industry ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) ,Pneumococcal infections ,Infectious Diseases ,Encephalitis ,medicine.symptom ,Splenial ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,MRI - Abstract
WOS: 000407716800014, PubMed ID: 27641480, Mild encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) is a clinico-radiological syndrome that can be related to infectious and non-infectious conditions. Patients present with mild neurological symptoms, and magnetic resonance imaging typically demonstrate a reversible lesion with transiently reduced diffusion in the splenium of the corpus callosum. Here, we describe MERS in a 10-year-old boy who presented with fever and consciousness and who completely recovered within a few days. Streptococcus pneumoniae was the causative agent. Although viruses(especially influenza A and B) are the most common pathogen of MERS, for proper management, bacteria should be considered, as they may also lead to this condition. (C) 2017 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Limited.
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- 2017