Infarto maligno de la arteria cerebral media en una paciente con meningitis bacteriana / Malignant infarct of the middle cerebral artery in a patient with bacterial meningitis
Rev. méd. Chile
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132(10): 1217-1220, oct. 2004. ilus
Artigo
em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
The mortality of acute bacterial meningitis (BM) has remained stable in the last decades in spite of the use of new antibiotics, probably due to vascular complications. We report a 68-year-old woman with BM who had a malignant infarction of left middle cerebral artery territory 72 hours after admission to the hospital. The patient experienced a bad evolution and died four days after admission. The arterial involvement in patients with BM is explained by vasospasm of large arteries and vasculitis of small arteries. The medical treatment of a malignant middle cerebral artery infarct has a high mortality.
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Assunto principal:
Infarto da Artéria Cerebral Média
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Meningite Pneumocócica
Limite:
Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile/CL
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Universidad Católica del Norte/CL
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