Cerebral infarction in childhood bacterial meningitis.
Forty-nine children with complicated bacterial meningitis were studied. Thirteen had abnormalities on computed tomography compatible with the diagnosis of brain infarction; one had a brain biopsy with the histological appearance of infarction. Factors exist in childhood bacterial meningitis which are associated with the development of brain infraction.
D001706:Biopsy; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000150:complications*; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed