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J Pediatr Infect Dis 2011; 06(01): 051-053
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2011-0287
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Transiently restricted diffusion in the corpus callosum in bacterial meningitis

Akihisa Okumura
a   Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yuri Kitamura
a   Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Shinpei Abe
a   Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Mitsuru Ikeno
a   Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Toshiaki Shimizu
a   Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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28 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Here we report two infants with bacterial meningitis associated with restricted water diffusion in the corpus callosum. Both patients were admitted because of pyrexia and not doing well. One patient had a seizure. Group B streptococcus was isolated form blood and cerebrospinal fluid of both patients. Diffusion-weighted images showed transiently restricted water diffusion in the corpus callosum in both patients without additional neuroimaging abnormalities. The outcome of the patients is presumed to be favorable. The magnetic resonance imaging findings of our patients will widen the spectrum of restricted water diffusion in the corpus callosum.

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Restricted diffusion in the corpus callosum - bacterial meningitis - group B streptococcus