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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.
== Images ==
IPLab9BacterialMeningitis8.jpg|This photomicrograph of brain tissue demonstrates diffuse edema.
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== Virtual Microscopy ==
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== Study Questions ==
== Additional Resources ==
=== Reference ===
* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/961497-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis]* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/232915-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Meningitis]* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1278244-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Thermal Burns]* [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/226748-overview eMedicine Medical Library: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections]* [http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/neurologic_disorders/meningitis/acute_bacterial_meningitis.html Merck Manual: Acute Bacterial Meningitis]* [http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/injuries_poisoning/burns/burns.html Merck Manual: Burns]
=== Journal Articles ===
* 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 ===
* [{{SERVER}}/library/index.php?/tags/403-meningitis PEIR Digital Library: Meningitis Images] == Related IPLab Cases ==* [http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/CNSHTML/CNSIDX.html#6 WebPath: CNS Infections]
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