title: Meningoencephalitis due to anthrax: CT and MR findings.
abstract: Anthrax is primarily a disease of herbivores, but it also causes cutaneous, respiratory and gastrointestinal infections in humans. Bacillus anthracis is an uncommon cause of meningitis and generally produces a haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis. We present the CT and MR findings of anthrax meningoencephalitis due to the cutaneous form of anthrax in a 12-year-old boy. They showed focal intracerebral haemorrhage with leptomeningeal enhancement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Turkey. hanefiyildirim@firat.edu.tr
authors.forename: Hanefi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Nimet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kabakus
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koc
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murat
authors.forename: Feyza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Inceköy Girgin
mesh_terms: D000881:Anthrax / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications*; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed