title: The follow-up CT scan in childhood meningitis.
abstract: CT in childhood bacterial meningitis has indicated that bacterial meningitis is more than an inflammation of the subarachnoid space; it is a disease process which often exerts a profound effect on the brain parenchyma. In some cases ventricular widening may be a reflection of loss of brain substance rather than increased intracranial pressure. A vasculitis may occur in cerebral vessels with consequent ischemic infarct. The abnormalities found on CT during the acute illness are frequently persistent.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008581:Meningitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed