Transiently restricted diffusion in the corpus callosum in bacterial meningitis

Akihisa Okumura; Yuri Kitamura; Shinpei Abe; Mitsuru Ikeno; Toshiaki Shimizu

doi:10.3233/JPI-2011-0287

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Table of Contents

J Pediatr Infect Dis 2011; 06(01): 051-053
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2011-0287

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Transiently restricted diffusion in the corpus callosum in bacterial meningitis

Authors

Akihisa Okumura

^aDepartment of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Yuri Kitamura

^aDepartment of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Shinpei Abe

^aDepartment of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Mitsuru Ikeno

^aDepartment of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Toshiaki Shimizu

^aDepartment of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Abstract

Here we report two infants with bacterial meningitis associated with restricted water diffusion in the corpus callosum. Both patients were admitted because of pyrexia and not doing well. One patient had a seizure. Group B streptococcus was isolated form blood and cerebrospinal fluid of both patients. Diffusion-weighted images showed transiently restricted water diffusion in the corpus callosum in both patients without additional neuroimaging abnormalities. The outcome of the patients is presumed to be favorable. The magnetic resonance imaging findings of our patients will widen the spectrum of restricted water diffusion in the corpus callosum.

Keywords

Restricted diffusion in the corpus callosum - bacterial meningitis - group B streptococcus

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