title: Magnetic resonance imaging of meningitis and its complications.
abstract: Routine and aggressive use of antibiotics in patients with meningitis has considerably lessened the number of complications. However, when they do occur, these complications may be accompanied with a significant increase in morbidity and mortality. Often radiologists are the first to identify these complications. Although the initial diagnosis and follow-up of uncomplicated meningitis is a clinical one, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the ideal method to evaluate those patients in whom complications are suspected.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiology Section, University of North Carolina Medical School, Chapel Hill 27599-7510.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012008:Recurrence; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology