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Query: UMLS:C0085437 (
bacterial meningitis
)
4,038
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Computed tomography has been applied to childhood
bacterial meningitis
in an attempt to analyze the structural basis for neurologic complications. The CT findings in meningitis patients include acute cerebral swelling; moderate widening of basal cisterns, interhemispheric fissue, and subarachnoid convexity space; ventricular widening; subdural collection; focal cortical
necrosis; cerebral
infarcts; contrast enhancing basal meninges, ependymitis, and generalized cerebral atrophy.
Bacterial meningitis
in childhood is more than an inflammation of the subarachnoid space. It is a disease process which often exerts a profound effect on the brain parenchyma.
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PMID:Computed tomography in childhood bacterial meningitis. 736 80
