Group A streptococcus acute otitis media progressing to neuroinvasive disease in adults
Acute otitis media affects 700 million people each year with children being disproportionately affected relative to adults. Group A streptococcus is a pathogen implicated in a broad array of human pathology. It is, however, a rare cause of acute otitis media and neuroinvasive disease in older adults...
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| author | Kavin M. Patel Jennie E. Johnson Jerrold L. Boxerman Gerard J. Nau |
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| description | Acute otitis media affects 700 million people each year with children being disproportionately affected relative to adults. Group A streptococcus is a pathogen implicated in a broad array of human pathology. It is, however, a rare cause of acute otitis media and neuroinvasive disease in older adults with only 2–3 cases occurring per year in the United States. We describe two such cases from a single institution in Rhode Island in 2017. The clinical presentation, neuroimaging and management are reviewed. The mechanism of intracranial spread may have involved dehiscence of the bony tegmen of the roof of the middle ear cavity. Keywords: Invasive Group A streptococcus, Complicated acute otitis media, Meningitis |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21475eac9f98430db46d6f86111e0f482022-12-21T22:23:08ZengElsevierIDCases2214-25092018-01-0112161164Group A streptococcus acute otitis media progressing to neuroinvasive disease in adultsKavin M. Patel0Jennie E. Johnson1Jerrold L. Boxerman2Gerard J. Nau3Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States; Corresponding author at: Dept. of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Eddy St, Providence, RI, 02903, United States.Department of Infectious Disease, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown, Providence, RI, United StatesDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown, Providence, RI, United StatesDepartment of Infectious Disease, Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown, Providence, RI, United StatesAcute otitis media affects 700 million people each year with children being disproportionately affected relative to adults. Group A streptococcus is a pathogen implicated in a broad array of human pathology. It is, however, a rare cause of acute otitis media and neuroinvasive disease in older adults with only 2–3 cases occurring per year in the United States. We describe two such cases from a single institution in Rhode Island in 2017. The clinical presentation, neuroimaging and management are reviewed. The mechanism of intracranial spread may have involved dehiscence of the bony tegmen of the roof of the middle ear cavity. Keywords: Invasive Group A streptococcus, Complicated acute otitis media, Meningitishttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214250918300684 |
| spellingShingle | Kavin M. Patel Jennie E. Johnson Jerrold L. Boxerman Gerard J. Nau Group A streptococcus acute otitis media progressing to neuroinvasive disease in adults IDCases |
| title | Group A streptococcus acute otitis media progressing to neuroinvasive disease in adults |
| title_full | Group A streptococcus acute otitis media progressing to neuroinvasive disease in adults |
| title_fullStr | Group A streptococcus acute otitis media progressing to neuroinvasive disease in adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Group A streptococcus acute otitis media progressing to neuroinvasive disease in adults |
| title_short | Group A streptococcus acute otitis media progressing to neuroinvasive disease in adults |
| title_sort | group a streptococcus acute otitis media progressing to neuroinvasive disease in adults |
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