title: Extensive Spinal Cord Injury following Staphylococcus aureus Septicemia and Meningitis.
abstract: Bacterial meningitis is rarely complicated by spinal cord involvement in adults. We report a case of Staphylococcus aureus septicemia complicated by meningitis and extensive spinal cord injury, leading to ascending brain stem necrosis and death. This complication was investigated by magnetic resonance imaging which demonstrated intramedullary hyperintensity on T2-weighted images and by multimodality evoked potentials. Postmortem microscopic examination confirmed that the extensive spinal cord injury was of ischemic origin, caused by diffuse leptomeningitis and endarteritis.
authors: Intensive Care, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: Nicolas
authors: N
authors: De Schryver
authors: Guy
authors: G
authors: Cosnard
authors: Vincent
authors: V
authors: van Pesch
authors: Catherine
authors: C
authors: Godfraind
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Hantson