Transient paraparesis following bacterial meningitis.
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.
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Department of Paediatrics, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*