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Common complications of bacterial meningitis may be divided into common and uncommon complications: | Common complications of bacterial meningitis may be divided into common and uncommon complications: | ||
====Common complications==== | ====Common complications==== | ||
*Aletered mental status | |||
*Papilledema | |||
*Vision loss | |||
*Hearing loss | |||
*Cranial nerve palsies | |||
*Sepsis | |||
*Seizures | |||
*Focal neurological deficit | |||
*Cerebral infarction | |||
*Shock | |||
*Learning disabilities in infants | |||
*Hydrocephalus | |||
*DIC | |||
*Intracerbral hemorrhage | |||
====Uncommon complications==== | |||
*Spinal cord infarction | |||
*Transverse myelitis | |||
*Multiple brain abscess | |||
*ARDS | |||
*Subdural empyema | |||
*Subdural effusions | |||
*Ventriculitis | |||
*Intracranial aneurysm | |||
====Uncommon complications==== | ====Uncommon complications==== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aysha Anwar, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Natural history
If left untreated, the bacterial meningitis may cause severe neurological complications such as altered mental status, cranial nerve palsy, increased intracranial pressure, seizures, brain abcess, herniation of cerebellar tonsil and death. [1][1]
Complications
Common complications of bacterial meningitis may be divided into common and uncommon complications:
Common complications
- Aletered mental status
- Papilledema
- Vision loss
- Hearing loss
- Cranial nerve palsies
- Sepsis
- Seizures
- Focal neurological deficit
- Cerebral infarction
- Shock
- Learning disabilities in infants
- Hydrocephalus
- DIC
- Intracerbral hemorrhage
Uncommon complications
- Spinal cord infarction
- Transverse myelitis
- Multiple brain abscess
- ARDS
- Subdural empyema
- Subdural effusions
- Ventriculitis
- Intracranial aneurysm
Uncommon complications
Prognosis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Durand ML, Calderwood SB, Weber DJ, Miller SI, Southwick FS, Caviness VS; et al. (1993). "Acute bacterial meningitis in adults. A review of 493 episodes". N Engl J Med. 328 (1): 21–8. doi:10.1056/NEJM199301073280104. PMID 8416268.