heroin and Meningitis

heroin has been researched along with Meningitis* in 7 studies

Reviews

1 review(s) available for heroin and Meningitis

ArticleYear
Central nervous system vasculitis secondary to infections, toxins, and neoplasms.
    Seminars in neurology, 1994, Volume: 14, Issue:4

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amphetamines; Animals; Borrelia Infections; Central Nervous System Diseases; Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Cocaine; Cytomegalovirus Infections; Heroin; Herpesviridae Infections; Humans; Lymphoma; Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis; Meningitis; Meningitis, Fungal; Mycoses; Neurosyphilis; Sympathomimetics; Vasculitis

1994

Other Studies

6 other study(ies) available for heroin and Meningitis

ArticleYear
A Rare Central Nervous System Fungal Infection Resulting from Brown Heroin Use.
    The Journal of emergency medicine, 2017, Volume: 52, Issue:3

    Fungal nervous system infection can be a difficult diagnosis to make, due to the fact that there are no specific manifestations of the disease and laboratory confirmation is difficult to confirm.. We report a young male who presented to our emergency department with a variety of unilateral visual field complaints. While he initially denied recent IV drug abuse, his physical examination was highly suggestive of a fungal infection known to result from brown heroin use. He was ultimately diagnosed with meningitis, ventriculitis, and endogenous endophthalmitis believed to result from a Candida species. The response to treatment with vitrectomy and broad-spectrum antimicrobials gave support to the presumed diagnosis. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: We provide a rarely described report of a possible complication from the use of IV brown heroin that led to a central nervous system infection involving vision loss by fungal infection.

    Topics: Antifungal Agents; Candida; Central Nervous System Diseases; Cerebral Ventriculitis; Diagnosis, Differential; Emergency Service, Hospital; Endophthalmitis; Heroin; Humans; Male; Meningitis; Mycoses; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Visual Fields; Voriconazole; Young Adult

2017
Epidural complications and a case of malignant meningitis.
    Palliative medicine, 1997, Volume: 11, Issue:6

    We report a case in which the signs of a malignant meningitis could have been confused with complications of an in-dwelling epidural catheter which was being used for analgesia. This confusion could have had disastrous implications for the patient's pain relief. We also discuss some of the issues and problems surrounding the use of in-dwelling epidurals in terminal care patients.

    Topics: Analgesia, Epidural; Catheters, Indwelling; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Errors; Fatal Outcome; Heroin; Humans; Male; Meningitis; Middle Aged; Narcotics; Pain, Intractable; Palliative Care

1997
Bilateral endogenous necrotizing scleritis due to Aspergillus oryzae.
    Annals of ophthalmology, 1982, Volume: 14, Issue:1

    A case of bilateral necrotizing scleritis due to Aspergillus oryzae is reported. The patient was a former addict of intravenous narcotics treated five years previously for meningitis due to the same organism. A seeding focus in the thoracic spine was eventually found. The patient responded well to combined local and systemic therapy with amphotericin B, flucytosine, and natamycin. This represents, to the best of our knowledge, both the first reported case of ocular disease due to this species of Aspergillus and of isolated scleral, nonintraocular involvement in endogenous oculomycosis.

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Amphotericin B; Aspergillosis; Aspergillus oryzae; Child; Cocaine; Eye Diseases; Female; Flucytosine; Heroin; Humans; Inflammation; Injections, Intravenous; Meningitis; Natamycin; Sclera; Substance-Related Disorders

1982
[The neurological complications of heroin addiction].
    Ugeskrift for laeger, 1972, Jan-17, Volume: 134, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Brain Abscess; Brain Edema; Cerebral Hemorrhage; Deafness; Heroin; Humans; Male; Meningitis; Myelitis, Transverse; Myoglobinuria; Myositis; Neuritis; Neurocognitive Disorders; Polyradiculopathy; Substance-Related Disorders; Tetanus

1972
The neuropathologic complications of narcotics addiction.
    Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1969, Volume: 45, Issue:2

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Brain Diseases; Cerebral Cortex; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Female; Fungi; Granuloma; Heroin; Humans; Male; Meningitis; Middle Aged; Morphine Dependence; Substance-Related Disorders

1969
INFECTIONS IN PAREGORIC ADDICTS.
    JAMA, 1964, Nov-16, Volume: 190

    Topics: Abscess; Arthritis; Arthritis, Infectious; Bacteroides; Benzoates; Brain Abscess; Camphor; Cellulitis; Endocarditis; Endocarditis, Bacterial; Endocarditis, Subacute Bacterial; Hepatitis; Hepatitis B virus; Heroin; Humans; Infections; Meningitis; Methicillin; Opium; Penicillin G; Pneumothorax; Sepsis; Staphylococcal Infections; Substance-Related Disorders; Toxicology

1964