title: CT and MR findings of anthrax meningoencephalitis: report of two cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Anthrax meningoencephalitis is a rare complication of infection with Bacillus anthracis and generally produces a hemorrhagic meningoencephalitis. We present the CT and MR imaging findings in two patients demonstrating subarachnoid, intracerebral, and intraventricular hemorrhage with leptomeningeal enhancement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Pusan National University Hospital, 10, 1-Ga, Ami-Dong, Seo-Ku, Pusan, 602-739, South Korea.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rho
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000881:Anthrax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D001408:Bacillus anthracis; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002417:Cattle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed