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. 1981 Jul;44(7):581–585. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.44.7.581

Cerebral infarction in childhood bacterial meningitis

R D Snyder 1,2,3, J Stovring 1,2,3, A H Cushing 1,2,3, L E Davis 1,2,3, T L Hardy 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC491062  PMID: 7026737

Abstract

Forty-nine children with complicated bacterial meningitis were studied. Thirteen had abnormalities on computed tomography compatible with the diagnosis of brain infarction; one had a brain biopsy with the histological appearance of infarction. Factors exist in childhood bacterial meningitis which are associated with the development of brain infraction.

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