A 5-day-old female is transferred from another hospital due to irritability and a worsening pustular rash. The mother’s pregnancy, labor and delivery was complicated by a group B strep-positive ...

Baseline labs can be normal and without evidence of leukocytosis or azotemia. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained by lumbar puncture (LP) is essential for the diagnosis of meningitis. The rare but ...

Localized redness was noted at the site of the patient’s pneumococcal vaccination. The patient's symptoms indicated that lumbar puncture was required to rule out a meningitis diagnosis. Mr. B, aged 46 ...

The Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch at the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention receives tissues from cases that are referred, because no pathogen was found but an infectious ...