Acute Meningitis Complicated by Transverse Myelitis

R.A.J. Jassim; N.D. Sadik; K.M. Salim

doi:10.5339/qmj.2010.1.18

ISSN: 0253-8253
EISSN: 2227-0426

oa Acute Meningitis Complicated by Transverse Myelitis
Authors: R.A.J. Jassim¹, N.D. Sadik² and K.M. Salim³
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Affiliations: ¹ ^*Departments of Emegency, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar ² ^**Departments of Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar ³ ^***Departments of Radiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Source: Qatar Medical Journal, Volume 2010, Issue 1, Jun 2010, 18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2010.1.18
- Published online: 01 June 2010

Abstract

Myelopathy is an infrequently reported complication of bacterial meningitis. We report the case of 32- year old Nepali male who developed acute transverse myelopathy, confirmed by MRI, subsequent to acute bacterial meningitis.

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