Role of imaging in the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis and its complications

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1018, 2010, Pages 478-485

  Hughes, David C ^a   Raghavan, A ^b   Mordekar, S R ^c   Griffiths, P D ^a   Connolly, D J A ^b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Ryegate Children's Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFARCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956030779     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.097022     Document Type: Review

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