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Stroke in Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis


Frequency of ischemic stroke in patients with bacterial meningitis ...

Acute bacterial meningitis is defined as inflam- mation of meninges (protective covering of brain), several types of bacteria can cause ...

Risk factors associated with the outcomes of pediatric bacterial ...

Acute bacterial meningitis is considered a medical emergency, because it is a life-threatening infection that requires immediate treatment. Diagnosing this ...

Increase of Meningitis Risk in Stroke Patients in Taiwan - Frontiers

Stroke is a serious complication among adult bacterial meningitis patients and is associated with long-term sequelae and also possibly death (15) ...

Common Infections Associated With Childhood Stroke

Routine vaccinations appear to be protective. Minor infections, including the common cold, appear to trigger arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) ...

What Do We Know About Perinatal Stroke?

Foremost among these is infection, including bacterial meningitis but also systemic sepsis. Dehydration may predispose newborns to CSVT, particularly those with ...

Personal Practice - Indian Pediatrics

Stroke is a common sequel of severe meningitis in children, especially Haemophillus influenzae, pneumococcal and tuberculous meningitis. Purulent material about ...

Bacterial Meningitis Score for Children - MDCalc

Rules out bacterial meningitis. INSTRUCTIONS. Use in patients aged 29 days to 19 years with CSF WBC ≥10 cells/μL.

Bacterial Meningitis in Children: Neurological Complications ...

Acute focal neurological deficits after bacterial meningitis are usually due to ischemic stroke, but can also occur due to subdural empyema, ...

Meningococcal Meningitis Presenting as Stroke in an Afebrile Adult

In general, acute bacterial meningitis is more common in the pediatric population. Accordingly, the neurologic sequelae of meningitis, such as focal ...

Infectious causes of acute ischemic stroke

The arterial involvement in patients with bacterial meningitis is explained by vasospasm of large arteries and vasculitis of small arteries. In ...

Diagnosis and Management of Acute Arterial Ischemic Stroke In ...

or bacterial meningitis. Metabolic. Mitochondrial disorders such as ... Presentation of acute childhood stroke in a tertiary pediatric emergency department.

Perinatal Stroke - Child Neurology Foundation

Serious bacterial infection. Certain infections can directly cause artery inflammation with subsequent problems. Bacterial meningitis is an example.

Bacterial Meningitis - Boston Children's Hospital

Approximately 3,000 people in the U.S. or one in 100,000 are diagnosed with bacterial meningitis each year. Typical treatment includes hospitalization and ...

Meningitis: Symptoms, Causes, Transmission, and Treatment

A bacteria called Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) was a common cause of meningitis in babies and young children until the Hib vaccine became ...

Stroke patterns in neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) meningitis

Meningitis is a disease caused by either bacteria or viruses that causes inflammation of thin tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord.

Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Arterial ...

] found much higher rates in children with stroke. Childhood AIS has been reported as a complication of bacterial infection from meningitis, encephalitis, brain ...

Pediatric Stroke - Renaissance School of Medicine

Bacterial meningitis; viral infec- tions, including HIV, varicella ... A child with acute hemorrhagic stroke should be monitored in a pediatric ...

Infection may increase risk of stroke in children

Ischaemic stroke affects at least 2.4 per 100,000 children a year, and major infections – such as bacterial meningitis and sepsis – have long ...

Current Patient Managements for Bacterial Meningitis ... - Cureus

To successfully manage bacterial meningitis, a direct approach is required to address both the responsible pathogen and neurological ...

Natalia's pneumococcal meningitis story

“Later, I was told that my bacterial meningitis had caused me a minor stroke. ... Having two children aged 4 and 8 at that time was hard ...