title: Transient paraparesis following bacterial meningitis.
abstract: Transient paraparesis in a nine-year-old girl with pneumococcal meningitis is reported. The literature about the rare involvement of spinal cord in meningitis is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nadal
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boltshauser
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*