title: Retroperitoneal infection complicated by bacterial meningitis and ventriculitis with secondary brainstem infarction.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Retroperitoneal abscesses have been previously reported to cause infectious meningitis. Cerebral infarction is a known complication of basilar meningitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case where a comatose patient with a known retroperitoneal abscess was diagnosed via Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with extensive brainstem infarction secondary to basilar meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Columbia University, 710 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA. jwilley@neuro.columbia.edu
authors.forename: Joshua Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Willey
authors.forename: Shyam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prabhakaran
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: DelaPaz
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000150:complications*; D001442:Bacteroides Infections / Q000150:complications*; D020526:Brain Stem Infarctions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications*; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space