[Clinical Picture] Streptococcus pyogenes subdural empyema and pre-eclampsia

A 30-year-old woman presented at the hospital emergency department of Ch âteauroux Hospital (Châteauroux, France) with a fever and headache. She was pregnant at 32-weeks gestation. A lumbar puncture was normal and CT scan showed a right maxillary sinusitis, therefore she was prescribed amoxicillin (1 g every 8 h, orally). The patient was re-admitted to the emergency de partment 2 days later with pre-eclampsia. Treatment for her maxillary sinusitis was changed from amoxicillin to ceftriaxone (1 g every 24 h, intravenously) and metronidazole (500 mg every 8 h, intravenously).

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - March 22, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Simon Poignant, Pascaline Pigache, Eric Fournier, Djilali Elaroussi, Marc Laffon Tags: Clinical Picture Source Type: research