HEMORRHAGIC STROKE AS A COMPLICATION OF BACTERIAL-MENINGITIS IN ADULTS - REPORT OF 3 CASES AND REVIEW

We describe three adults who had hemorrhagic strokes during the acute phase of bacterial meningitis (BM). We also report the results of a li terature review and a review of the charts of 296 adults treated at ou r hospital for acute BM. The diagnosis of hemorrhagic stroke was made based on the results of cerebral computed tomography (CT) for two of 9 2 patients with BM who had CT performed and by means of lumbar punctur e and a postmortem study in one other case. Two patients died of cereb ral bleeding. Although the frequency of hemorrhagic stroke was only 2. 1% among adults with acute BM, it is a major determinant of prognosis for such patients.