INTRODUCTION Early administration of antibiotics for sepsis, and of fluid boluses and vasoactive agents for septic shock, is recommended. Evidence for this in children is limited. METHODS The Alberta Sepsis Network prospectively enrolled eligible children admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with sepsis from 04/2012-10/2014. Demographics, severity of illness, and outcomes vari...

treatment of hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumors in children is still a matter of controversy and different centers have their own routines. in this regard, hospital records of all children with posterior fossa tumors treated in our center during the interval of 1985-1995 were reviewed. patients’ demographic and diagnostic data were analyzed and the frequencies of shunting procedures were d...

meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord, thereby involving the arachnoid, the pia and the cerebrospinal fluid (csf). it is divided into viral and bacterial meningitis. for different reasons the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis is very important. the examination of csf samples may provide information about causative microorganism. the sensivity of ...

In this study demographic, clinical, paraclinical, microbiological, and therapeutic features of patients with community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis admitted to a referral center for infectious diseases in Iran, have been evaluated. Medical records of adult (> 18 years) individuals with confirmed diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial meningitis during a 4-year period were retrospecti...

introduction septic cavernous sinus thrombosis (cst) is a rare condition that can result in high mortality and morbidity rates if not treated immediately. cst may be aseptic or septic. less common primary sites of infection include the tonsils, soft palate, middle ear, and orbit. reported cases of middle ear infection are very rare, and response to treatment is poor. conclusions findings of lab...

Rheumatoid meningitis, a very rare complication, is not well-recognised, and there are few reports describing its treatment. We report the case of 74-year-old Japanese woman who was diagnosed with rheumatoid meningitis by characteristic brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) successfully treated glucocorticoids. observed fluid-attenuated inversion recovery diffusion-weighted hyperintensity, whi...