title: [Acute bacterial meningitis: vascular complications].
abstract: The authors present the study of four children with arteritis as vascular complication of acute bacterial meningitis. They report pathophysiological mechanisms involved in vascular lesions, and progress in the understanding of these complications.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Moura-Ribeiro
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Guerreiro
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001167:Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Meningites bacterianas agudas: complicações vasculares.