Mankhambo LA, Makwana NV, Carrol ED, Beare NA, Taylor T, Kampondeni S, Molyneux EM. Persistent visual loss as a complication of meningococcal meningitis.
Pediatr Infect Dis J 2006;
25:566-7. [PMID:
16732162 PMCID:
PMC2292824 DOI:
10.1097/01.inf.0000219405.27164.4c]
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Abstract
Meningococcal disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. Cerebral infarction complicating meningococcal meningitis is recognized but uncommon. We describe a 3-year-old boy with parieto-occipital infarction secondary to meningococcal meningitis, resulting in permanent visual loss as the sole neurologic sequelae and, consequently, major implications for his subsequent development.
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