Neurologic Sequelae of Bacterial Meningitis

Abstract

The occurrence of chronic neurologic sequelae including late seizures or epilepsy was determined in a nine year follow-up study of 185 infants and children with bacterial meningitis at the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO and the Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Keywords

• bacterial meningitis
• neurologic deficits
• neurologic sequelae