Successful medical management of a case of Austrian syndrome-an uncommon entity in the modern antibiotic era: a case report.
BMC Res Notes
; 10(1): 456, 2017 Sep 06.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Austrian syndrome-the combination of meningitis, pneumonia and infective endocarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection, is a rare entity. In literature only a few hundreds of cases are reported but surprisingly we did not find any report on Austrian syndrome in or from Bangladesh. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case history of a middle aged Bangladeshi diabetic man, who had fever, cough, shortness of breath and altered mentation. He had tachycardia, bi-basal lung crepitations, new cardiac murmurs and meningism. Diagnostic work-up revealed Austrian syndrome. Because of the rarity of the condition, this case is reported.CONCLUSION:
A case of pneumococcal pneumonia or meningitis should raise suspicion of concomitant endocarditis and Austrian syndrome, specially if there is heart failure, as early recognition and treatment may appear life-saving.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Neumonía Neumocócica
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Meningitis Bacterianas
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Endocarditis Bacteriana
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Antibacterianos
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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BMC Res Notes
Año:
2017
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Article
País de afiliación:
Bangladesh