Spread of infection to Virchow-Robin spaces in a patient with streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 562-564

  Gordon, Michael ^a   Parmar, Hemant ^a,b   Ibrahim, Mohannad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptomeningitis; MRI; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Virchow Robin space

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PARENCHYMA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; FOLLOW UP; LEPTOMENINGITIS; RESTRICTED DIFFUSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRCHOW-ROBIN SPACE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PARIETAL LOBE; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 68949135436     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318187ff15     Document Type: Article

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