Rare vascular complication of acute meningococcal meningitis in a child

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Oct 28:2018:bcr2018227069. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227069.

Authors

Indar Kumar Sharawat¹, Vignesh Subramani¹, Shivan Kesavan¹, Lokesh Saini¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab, India.

No abstract available

Keywords: infection (neurology); infectious diseases; meningitis; stroke.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / microbiology*
Male
Meningitis, Meningococcal / complications*
Meningitis, Meningococcal / microbiology