Emerging Meningococcal B Meningitis in Japan: A Case Report of a 50-Year-Old Japanese Man with Diabetes

Kazuhiro Ishikawa; Hideyuki Takahashi; Yukihiro Akeda; Nobuyoshi Mori

doi:10.12659/AJCR.943973

16 July 2024 : Case report Japan

Emerging Meningococcal B Meningitis in Japan: A Case Report of a 50-Year-Old Japanese Man with Diabetes

Unknown etiology, Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Kazuhiro Ishikawa

^1ABDEF*, Hideyuki Takahashi^2CDE, Yukihiro Akeda^2CDE, Nobuyoshi Mori

^1ACEF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943973

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943973

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Figure 2. FLAIR brain magnetic resonance imaging on admission showing high signal intensity in the cerebral sulci (red arrow), raising suspicion for meningitis. There is no significant signal change within the brain parenchyma.

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