[CME/Answers: Rare Clinical Presentation of Bacterial Meningitis].

We report the case of a 59-year-old woman presenting with watery rhinorrhea and light cough since three days and new onset of headache. The evaluation proved a bacterial meningitis. We started an inpatient therapy according to the established guidelines. Due to recurrent vigilance reduction and increasing rhinorrhea we performed a liquid analysis with beta-trace testing, which proved a rhinoliquorrhea. Through an exploration of the skull base liquor leaks were detected and sufficiently closed. PMID: 33292003 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Praxis - December 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Halip G, Martakis S, Portocarerro B, Haller A Tags: Praxis (Bern 1994) Source Type: research