title: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in a patient with vasospasm due to staphylococcal meningitis.
abstract: Arterial large vessel vasculopathy is an unusual complication of bacterial meningitis in adults that may result in cerebral ischemia and severe neurological sequelae. Previous therapy has included antimicrobials with no specific vascular interventions. The authors report their experience with a patient with bacterial meningitis who developed a vasculopathy with neurological deficits. Percutaneous intracranial intervention was used successfully with anatomical and functional improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Methodist Healthcare of Memphis, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38104, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buechner
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gelfand
authors.forename: Kerry O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Cleveland
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D020765:Intracranial Arterial Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009254:Nafcillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009254:Nafcillin