| Focal parenchymal lesions in community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults: a clinico-radiological study. | |
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PMID: 19618175 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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INTRODUCTION: Here, we analyzed the frequency, morphological pattern, and imaging characteristics of focal lesions as a consequence of community-acquired bacterial meningitis. We hypothesized that diffusion-weighted imaging combined with contrast-enhanced imaging, serial scanning, and multimodal vascular studies would provide further insight into the pathological basis of such parenchymal lesions in bacterial meningitis. METHODS: We reviewed clinical and imaging data (i.e., magnetic resonance tomography, magnetic resonance angiography, computed tomography angiography, digital subtraction angiography) of 68 adult patients admitted to our neurological intensive care unit between March 1998 and February 2009 with the diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis. RESULTS: We identified seven patients with parenchymal lesions. These lesions could be attributed to four morphological patterns: (1) territorial cerebral ischemia, (2) perforating vessels ischemia, (3) ischemia of presumed cardiac origin, and (4) isolated cortical lesions. Whereas the patterns (1) and (2) were associated with vasculopathy of large- and medium-sized vessels (as shown by cerebral vascular imaging), vessel imaging in (3) and (4) did not show abnormal findings. CONCLUSION: Our study implies that parenchymal lesions in acute bacterial meningitis are mainly ischemic and due to involvement of large-, medium-, and small-sized arteries of the brain. Diffusion-weighted imaging combined with conventional, CT-, or MR-based cerebral angiography revealed the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms in the majority of patients. Furthermore, we detected two patients with isolated bilateral cortical involvement and normal vessel imaging. These lesions might represent ischemia due to the involvement of small pial and intracortical arteries. |
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Juri Katchanov; Eberhard Siebert; Matthias Endres; Randolf Klingebiel |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-07-18 |
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Title: Neuroradiology Volume: 51 ISSN: 1432-1920 ISO Abbreviation: Neuroradiology Publication Date: 2009 Nov |
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Created Date: 2009-10-07 Completed Date: 2010-01-11 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1302751 Medline TA: Neuroradiology Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 723-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Neurology, Campus Charit?? Mitte, Charit??, Berlin, Germany, juri.katchanov@charite.de. |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Angiography, Digital Subtraction Brain / blood supply*, pathology*, radiography Brain Ischemia / cerebrospinal fluid, pathology*, radiography Cerebral Angiography Community-Acquired Infections / cerebrospinal fluid, pathology, radiography Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Magnetic Resonance Angiography Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Meningitis, Bacterial / cerebrospinal fluid, pathology*, radiography Middle Aged Tomography, X-Ray Computed Young Adult |
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