Sonographic findings in bacterial meningitis in neonates and young infants

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-137

  Yikilmaz, Ali ^a   Taylor, George A ^b  

^a Gevher Nesibe Hospital   (Turkey)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Central nervous system infections; Children; Doppler; Meningitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; CITROBACTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; KLEBSIELLA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENINGITIS; MENINX; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

BRAIN EDEMA; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 38049039909     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0538-6     Document Type: Review

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