MENINGITIS CAUSED BY CAMPHOR POISONING.

Infective Meningitis Caused by

Neonatal meningitis caused by streptococcus pneumonia in Iran

Meningitis, pneumonia, and sepsis in newborns and young infants (age < 60 days) are the main causes of childhood mortality in developing countries. Even though streptococcus pneumonia is the most commonly detected microorganism in pediatric bacterial meningitis, it is rare in newborn infants. The following article reports a case of pneumococcal meningitis that was detected early in a newborn in...

Camphor poisoning following ingestion of nose drops.

Camphor poisoning-An unusual cause of seizure.

advice of psychiatrist. Systemic examination revealed no further abnormality. Her metabolic parameters and CT head was within normal limits. On day 2, patient was in sedated state, but there was no seizure episode or violent behavior. On day three, she was fully alert and well oriented. Since she was a young healthy female without any obvious cause for seizures and psychotic behavior, she was a...

Meningitis caused by Pseudomonas maltophilia.

A case of meningitis caused by Pseudomonas maltophilia is described, which was unusual in that it appeared to lack the predisposing factors commonly associated with this organism. Attention is drawn to the difficulties which may be encountered in the identification of Ps. maltophilia.