Meningoencephalitis due to anthrax: CT and MR findings.
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.
Yildirim
Hanefi
H
Department of Radiology, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Turkey. hanefiyildirim@firat.edu.tr
Kabakus
Nimet
N
Koc
Mustafa
M
Murat
Ayse
A
Inceköy Girgin
Feyza
F
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