Question

A 6-year-old girl named Toni Vineau is seen on an emergency basis because she is difficult to arouse and has a headache and stiff neck. She has a fever of 40° C, and petechiae are present in axillary folds. A Gram-negative diplococcus is present in the spinal fluid. After ampicillin treatment, Toni recovers from the primary illness. What complications or sequelae may occur as a consequence of this infection after recovery?

Answer 1

Symptoms like fever,head ache,stiffness of neck and petechichial rash indicates meningitis

and is mentioned diplococcus so the organism meningococcal Meningitis

Complications include

1.Adrenal haemorrhage

2.Endopthalmitis

3.Athritis

4.Endocarditis,myocarditis,pericarditis

5.pneumonia

6.peritonitis

7.Skeletal deformities

8.Deafness