[Acute bacterial meningitis: vascular complications].
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.
Moura-Ribeiro
M V
MV
Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), SP, Brasil.
Rocha
C M
CM
Fernandes
W L
WL
Guerreiro
M M
MM
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
Meningites bacterianas agudas: complicações vasculares.