Episode 973: Meningitis Retention Syndrome
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.
Add to basket failed.
Please try again later
Add to Wish List failed.
Please try again later
Remove from Wish List failed.
Please try again later
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Episode 973: Meningitis Retention Syndrome
-
Narrated by:
-
By:
About this listen
Contributor: Travis Barlock MD
Educational Pearls:
- Meningitis retention syndrome is a relatively novel and rare clinical condition
- Aseptic meningitis + acute urinary retention
- One study reports an incidence of about 8% in patients with acute aseptic meningitis
- Clinical presentation
- Typical meningeal symptoms including fever, stiff neck, and headache
- Urinary retention occurs about one week after initial symptoms
- Potential pathophysiology
- Immune-mediated dysfunction of the central nervous system
- Detrusor muscle underactivity from inflammation of the spinal cord
- Management
- Supportive care
- Bladder decompression
References
- Hiraga A, Kuwabara S. Meningitis-retention syndrome: Clinical features, frequency and prognosis. J Neurol Sci. 2018;390:261-264. doi:10.1016/j.jns.2018.05.008
- Pellegrino F, Funiciello E, Pruccoli G, et al. Meningitis-retention syndrome: a review and update of an unrecognized clinical condition. Neurol Sci. 2023;44(6):1949-1957. doi:10.1007/s10072-023-06704-0
Summarized & Edited by Jorge Chalit, OMS4
Get your tickets to Tox Talks Event, Sept 11, 2025: https://emergencymedicalminute.org/events-2/
Donate: https://emergencymedicalminute.org/donate/
No reviews yet
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.