Noncongenital Central Nervous System Infections in Children: Radiology Review

ABSTRACTInfections of the central nervous system (CNS) are a very common worldwide health problem in childhood with significant morbidity and mortality. In children, viruses are the most common cause of CNS infections, followed by bacterial etiology, and less frequent due to mycosis and other causes...

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Published in:Topics in magnetic resonance imaging 2014-06, Vol.23 (3), p.153-164
Main Authors: Acosta, Jorge Humberto Davila, Rantes, Claudia Isabel Lazarte, Arbelaez, Andres, Restrepo, Feliza, Castillo, Mauricio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain - pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Encephalitis, Viral - congenital
Encephalitis, Viral - pathology
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial - congenital
Meningitis, Bacterial - pathology
Mycoses - congenital
Mycoses - pathology
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Summary:ABSTRACTInfections of the central nervous system (CNS) are a very common worldwide health problem in childhood with significant morbidity and mortality. In children, viruses are the most common cause of CNS infections, followed by bacterial etiology, and less frequent due to mycosis and other causes. Noncomplicated meningitis is easier to recognize clinically; however, complications of meningitis such as abscesses, infarcts, venous thrombosis, or extra-axial empyemas are difficult to recognize clinically, and imaging plays a very important role on this setting. In addition, it is important to keep in mind that infectious process adjacent to the CNS such as mastoiditis can develop by contiguity in an infectious process within the CNS. We display the most common causes of meningitis and their complications.
ISSN:0899-3459
1536-1004
DOI:10.1097/RMR.0000000000000021