title: Congenital brain infections.
abstract: Pediatric congenital intracranial infections are a group of different and important entities that constitute a small percentage of all pediatric infections. The causal factors and clinical presentations are different in children compared with adults. They require early recognition because delay diagnosis and initiation of treatment may have catastrophic consequences. Despite improvements in prenatal screening, vaccine safety, and antibiotics, infections of the central nervous system remain an important cause of neurological disabilities worldwide. This article reviews the most common congenital infections and their imaging findings.
authors.affiliation: From the *Neuroradiology Section, Radiological Department, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia; †Neuroradiology Unit, Link Diagnostico Digital, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia; ‡Diagnostic Imaging Department, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; §University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; and ∥American Society of Neuroradiology, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arbelaez
authors.forename: Feliza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Restrepo
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davila
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male