Bacterial Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients: Case Reports and Review of the Literature
Meningitis is not an uncommon complication of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Purulent meningitis is not a well recognized infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients. Three cases of bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Li...
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| description | Meningitis is not an uncommon complication of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Purulent meningitis is not a well recognized infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients. Three cases of bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Listeria monocytogenes are presented. These cases illustrate that common community organisms may present in HIV positive patients. An acquired B cell defect may predispose to bacterial infections responsible for meningitis in HIV-infected patients. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-63698b869ebc48b98c8e51fb295ac7a32025-08-20T03:34:30ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321992-01-0132717410.1155/1992/723760Bacterial Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients: Case Reports and Review of the LiteratureRobert Tommasini0Ignatius W Fong1Department of Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMeningitis is not an uncommon complication of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Purulent meningitis is not a well recognized infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients. Three cases of bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Listeria monocytogenes are presented. These cases illustrate that common community organisms may present in HIV positive patients. An acquired B cell defect may predispose to bacterial infections responsible for meningitis in HIV-infected patients.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1992/723760 |
| spellingShingle | Robert Tommasini Ignatius W Fong Bacterial Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients: Case Reports and Review of the Literature Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Bacterial Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients: Case Reports and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Bacterial Meningitis in HIV-Infected Patients: Case Reports and Review of the Literature |
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