# Meningite pneumocócica

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> Última atualização: 2026-05-07

## Identificadores

- **ORPHA**: 55655 — https://www.orpha.net/en/disease/detail/55655
- **CID-10**: G00.1

## Descrição clínica

An acute purulent infection of the meninges and subarachnoid space caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, most prevalent in children and adults over the age of 60. This illness may be associated with otitis media; mastoiditis; sinusitis; respiratory tract infections; sickle cell disease (anemia, sickle cell); skull fractures; and other disorders. Clinical manifestations include fever; headache; neck stiffness; and somnolence followed by seizures; focal neurologic deficits (notably deafness); and coma. (From Miller et al., Merritt's Textbook of Neurology, 9th ed, p111)

## Epidemiologia e herança


## Ensaios clínicos ativos (4)

- **NCT03480191** [COMPLETED]: Adjunction of Daptomycin for the Treatment of Pneumococcal Meningitis — https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03480191
- **NCT01478035** [TERMINATED]: Study on the Efficacy of Phenytoin in the Prophylaxis of Seizures of Patients With Pneumococcal Meningitis at Least 50 Yrs Old. — https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01478035
- **NCT00227214** [COMPLETED]: Study Evaluating Pneumococcal Meningitis in the Paediatric Population in Spain Four Years After the Marketing of Prevenar. — https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00227214
- **NCT00162578** [COMPLETED]: Vancomycin Concentration in Cerebrospinal Fluid During Pneumococcal Meningitis — https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00162578

## Importante

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