title: Cerebral abscess associated with meningococcal meningitis.
abstract: Purulent fluid collections, including brain abscess and subdural empyema, are exceedingly rare in association with meningococcal meningitis. We present a 5-month-old infant with meningococcal meningitis and sepsis complicated by an intracerebral abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rothbaum
authors.forename: Ouzama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prince
mesh_terms: D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed