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2006•The Pediatric Infectious Disease JournalOpen access

PERSISTENT VISUAL LOSS AS A COMPLICATION OF MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

Limangeni Mankhambo, Nick Makwana, Enitan D. Carrol, Nick A. Beare, Terrie E. Taylor, Sam Kampondeni, Elizabeth Molyneux

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Meningococcal disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. Cerebral infarction complicating meningococcal meningitis is recognized but uncommon. We describe a 3-year-old boy with parieto-occipital infarction secondary to meningococcal meningitis, resulting in permanent visual loss as the sole neurologic sequelae and, consequently, major implications for his subsequent development.

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Meningococcal disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. Cerebral infarction complicating meningococcal meningitis is recognized but uncommon. We describe a 3-year-old boy with parieto-occipital infarction secondary to meningococcal meningitis, resulting in permanent visual loss as the sole neurologic sequelae and, consequently, major implications for his subsequent development.

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Meningococcal disease remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. Cerebral infarction complicating meningococcal meningitis is recognized but uncommon. We describe a 3-year-old boy with parieto-occipital infarction secondary to meningococcal meningitis, resulting in permanent visual loss as the sole neurologic sequelae and, consequently, major implications for his subsequent development.

Key concepts: Meningococcal meningitis, Meningitis, Medicine, Meningococcal disease, Complication, Pediatrics, Neisseria meningitidis, Infarction

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