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== Additional Resources ==
 
== Additional Resources ==
 
=== Reference ===
 
=== Reference ===
 
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* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/961497-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis]
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* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/232915-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Meningitis]
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* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1278244-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Thermal Burns]
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* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/226748-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections]
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* [http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/neurologic_disorders/meningitis/acute_bacterial_meningitis.html Merck Manual: Acute Bacterial Meningitis]
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* [http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/injuries_poisoning/burns/burns.html Merck Manual: Burns]
  
 
=== Journal Articles ===
 
=== Journal Articles ===
 
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* Grände PO, Myhre EB, Nordström CH, Schliamser S. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11939916 Treatment of intracranial hypertension and aspects on lumbar dural puncture in severe bacterial meningitis].  ''Acta Anaesthesiol Scand'' 2002 Mar;46(3):264-70.
  
 
=== Images ===
 
=== Images ===
 
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* [http://peir.path.uab.edu/library/index.php?/tags/403-meningitis PEIR Digital Library: Meningitis Images]
 
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* [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CNSHTML/CNSIDX.html#6 WebPath: CNS Infections]
== Related IPLab Cases ==
 
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 02:01, 24 August 2013

Clinical Summary[edit]

This 45-year-old white female with a history of psychiatric illness sustained self-inflicted third degree burns over 49% of her body surface. After initially doing well under treatment, she developed severe respiratory distress and became comatose. Antemortem blood cultures were positive for Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Autopsy Findings[edit]

At autopsy the principal findings were in the lungs and brain. Bronchopneumonia was present in all lobes of both lungs. The brain weighed 1450 grams and the leptomeninges contained a thick yellow purulent exudate most prominent over the frontoparietal areas and at the base of the brain.

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An average adult female brain weighs 1400 grams (range: 1100 to 1700 grams).