title: Persistent visual loss as a complication of meningococcal meningitis.
abstract: Meningococcal disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. Cerebral infarction complicating meningococcal meningitis is recognized but uncommon. We describe a 3-year-old boy with parieto-occipital infarction secondary to meningococcal meningitis, resulting in permanent visual loss as the sole neurologic sequelae and, consequently, major implications for his subsequent development.
authors.affiliation: Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.
authors.forename: Limangeni A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Mankhambo
authors.forename: Nick V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Makwana
authors.forename: Enitan D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Carrol
authors.forename: Nick A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Beare
authors.forename: Terrie
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kampondeni
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Molyneux
mesh_terms: D019575:Blindness, Cortical / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013129:Spinal Puncture