Severe Neck Pain with Fever: Is it Meningitis?

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" Severe Neck Pain with Fever: Is it Meningitis? "
McCormick, Angela

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	934058
Doc. No	:	LA99388999
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	McCormick, Angela
Title & Author	:	Severe Neck Pain with Fever: Is it Meningitis? [Article]\ McCormick, Angela
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	13/6
Date	:	2012
Abstract	:	A 58-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with complaints of severe neck pain. He admitted to drug use but denied using intravenous (IV) drugs. On exam, he had a fever of 100.7 F, positive Kernig’s sign, and normal neurologic exam. The patient was suspected to have bacterial meningitis and was started on IV antibiotics. The next day the patient developed decreased hand grip. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine the next day showed a soft-tissue mass impinging on the spinal canal. The patient was subsequently taken to the operating room where the epidural abscess was drained. [West J Emerg Med. 2012;13(6):505–506.]