[Pathomorphology of meningitis caused by Haemophilus infection in children]. / Patomorfologiia meningitov, vyzvannykh gemofil'noi palochkoi, u detei.

Pathomorphological study of the brain of 14 children who died of Hemophilus bacillus infection shows that this disease is characterized by damage to microvessels with formation of microthrombi followed by development of necrosis foci in the brain matter. The maximal damage of the vessels was observed during two first days of the disease in the pia mater and foci of microinfarction were located in the subpial cortex zone only. With the disease progress microvessels of the brain cortex were affected and foci of damage blended together and were found in both cortex and white matter.