SPINAL-CORD DYSFUNCTION IN NEONATAL MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

Authors
KIRKPATRICK M BROOKER RJ HELMS PJ COLE GF
Citation
M. Kirkpatrick et al., SPINAL-CORD DYSFUNCTION IN NEONATAL MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS, European journal of pediatrics, 153(5), 1994, pp. 367-368
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
European journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03406199
Volume
153
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
367 - 368
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-6199(1994)153:5<367:SDINMM>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A 3-week-old infant with meningococcal meningitis is described whose c linical course was complicated by paraparesis and urinary retention. T his rare complication of meningococcal meningitis has not previously b een reported in the neonatal age group.