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Cerebral white matter injury in the newborn following Escherichia coli meningitis.

Shah DK, Daley AJ, Hunt RW, Volpe JJ, Inder TE

Department of Neonatal Neurology, Royal Children's and Royal Women's Hospitals and Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.

MR findings from six newborns with Escherichia coli (E. coli) meningitis are reported. Five of the six infants were infected with the K1 strain. All the infants displayed significant white matter injury on MR imaging. E. coli remains a serious cause of meningitis and MR imaging in this case series provides additional important information highlighting the vulnerability of the cerebral white matter in this condition in the newborn infant.

Published 9 February 2005 in Eur J Paediatr Neurol, 9(1): 13-7.
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