Twenty-three infants with clinically proven bacterial meningitis were studied with real-time
cranial sonography at the time of initial diagnosis and in several cases subsequently. A …

Real-time sonographic findings in 20 infants with bacterial meningitis are reported. The
spectrum of features included normal scans, ventricular enlargement, focal areas of …

A retrospective study was performed on 78 patients (newborn to 2 years old) with clinically
proved bacterial meningitis. Sonograms were obtained during the acute illness and medical …

Cranial sonography plays an important role in the initial evaluation of infants with suspected
bacterial meningitis and in monitoring for complications of the disease. Echogenic widening …

Five infants with meningitis and ventriculitis, and a sixth patient with meningitis only are
reported. In one hydrocephalic infant, infection of the central nervous system (CNS) was not …

Cranial ultrasonography was performed on 61 infants with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM).
Thirty nine, infants (64%) had acute meningitis with no clinical evidence of complications …

Real-time ultrasonography was performed, utilising the patent anterior fontanelle, on 82
infants with viral or bacterial meningitis. One third of the cases had normal ultrasonic …

Computed tomography has been applied to childhood bacterial meningitis in an attempt to
analyze the structural basis for neurologic complications. The CT findings in meningitis …

CT in childhood bacterial meningitis has indicated that bacterial meningitis is more than an
inflammation of the subarachnoid space; it is a disease process which often exerts a …

We performed serial CT scans at the time of admission and discharge, and again after 6 to
18 months, in children older than 2 months of age with bacterial meningitis. During the 2 …