AUSTRIAN SYNDROME: A RARE CASE REPORT.
Austrian syndrome
Endocarditis
Meningitis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Journal
African journal of infectious diseases
ISSN: 2006-0165
Titre abrégé: Afr J Infect Dis
Pays: Nigeria
ID NLM: 101578779
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2024
2024
Historique:
received:
04
06
2023
revised:
26
06
2023
accepted:
26
06
2023
medline:
7
12
2023
pubmed:
7
12
2023
entrez:
7
12
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Austrian syndrome is a rare and fatal triad of pneumonia, meningitis and endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, with a mortality rate of 60%. We report a case of Austrian syndrome in a 59-year-old patient, with a history of arterial hypertension on angiotensin 2 receptor antagonist therapy for five years, chronic smoking at 20 packs per year and occasional enolism for fifteen years, presenting with prolonged fever associated with loss of consciousness with no respiratory or cardiac signs, in whom purulent bacterial meningitis with positive Gram stain, infective endocarditis with mitral and aortic localization and interstitial pneumopathy have been demonstrated with negative blood cultures. Although the mortality rate is very high, early management of Austrian syndrome can improve the patient's quality of life.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38058417
doi: 10.21010/Ajidv18i1.4
pii: AJID-18-23
pmc: PMC10696653
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
23-27Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2024 Afr. J. Infect. Diseases.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest associated with this study.
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