A 20-yeаr-оld mаle cоllege student wаs brоught to the emergency department complaining of a sudden onset headache, fever, and stiffness with pain in the neck. He had been treated in the college health service center for an ear infection in the past week. After admission, the patient also complained of chest pain, fatigue, cough, and nausea. A diagnostic lumbar puncture was performed and the findings were positive for meningitis. A chest x-ray revealed pneumonia. Sputum and spinal fluid cultures grew the pneumococcus organism (Streptococcus pneumoniae). The physical examination also confirmed the presence of acute otitis media of both ears. The patient was treated with intravenous antibiotics for the infections. The discharge diagnoses written by the physician were pneumococcal meningitis with pneumococcalpneumonia and acute bilateral suppurative otitis media. Principal Diagnosis: Secondary Diagnosis: Add'l Diagnosis: Principal Procedure:
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