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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2021

A man has developed acute chills, headache, vomiting, and fever of 38.5°C. In the evening, nuchal rigidity and positive Kernig’s sign has appeared. Herpetic blisters are visible on the mucosa of his lips and nose. No focal neurological signs were detected. Make the right diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Subarachnoid hemorrhage
  2. Herpesviral encephalitis
  3. Brain hemorrhage
  4. Meningococcal meningitis
  5. Brain abscess
Correct answer

Meningococcal meningitis

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