From: Arterial cerebrovascular complications in 94 adults with acute bacterial meningitis
 | Age | Pathogen | GCS | GOS | TCD | Stroke | Concomitant complications | Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  | Time point | CBFv | Location | Time point | Imaging | Location |  |  |
 | years |  | 3-15 | 1-5 | days | cm/s |  | days |  |  |  |  |
1 | 79 | S- pneum. | 7 | 1 | 10 | > 150 | Basilar artery | 12 | MRI | Posterior circulation | Hydrocephalus, epileptic seizures, sepsis | Arterial narrowing on MRA |
2 | 67 | S. pneum. | 3 | 1 | 12 | 300 | All vessels | 12 | MRI | MCA, ACA, posterior circulation | Hydrocephalus, epileptic seizures, severe sepsis, subarachnoid hemorrhage | Arterial narrowing on digital subtraction angiography |
3 | 27 | N/A | 5 | 1 | 1 | > 150 | posterior circulation | 1 | CT | left MCA and ACA, posterior circulation | Severe sepsis | Â |
4 | 56 | S. pneum. | 9 | 2 | 51 | > 150 | N/A | 51 | MRI | posterior circulation | Hydrocephalus | Arterial narrowing on MRA |
5 | 62 | S. pneum. | 7 | 2 | Â | 250 | All vessels | 16 | MRI | right MCA, posterior circulation | Hydrocephalus, empyema, paravertebral abscesses | Â |
6 | 65 | S. pneum. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 300 | All vessels | 21 | MRI | right MCA | Hydrocephalus epileptic seizures, sepsis | Â |
7 | 43 | S. pneum. | 9 | 2 | 7 | 180 | All vessels | 5 | MRI | left ACA, left MCA, posterior circulation | subarachnoid hemorrhage | Arterial narrowing on digital subtraction angiography, Increased CBFv in TCD documented for 2 months |
8 | 44 | S. pneum. | 5 | 3 | 0 | 210 | All vessels | Â | CT | left MCA (watershade) | Hydrocephalus, bilateral hypakusis | Arterial narrowing on MRA |
9 | 40 | S. pneum. | 12 | 3 | 9 | 270 | All vessels | 17 | MRI | Posterior circulation | Hydrocephalus, cerebritis | Â |
10 | 77 | N/A | 12 | 3 | 23 | 258 | Right and left MCA, posterior circulation | N/A | MRI | Posterior circulation | Intracranial hemorrhage | Â |
11 | 37 | Gram-positive bacteria* | 6 | 3 | 25 | > 150 | All vessels | 17 | MRI | Posterior circulation | Brain oedema, sepsis, ARDS, renal failure | Â |
12 | 64 | E. coli | 11 | 3 | N/A | > 150 | All vessels | 1 | MRI | left MCA | Â | Endocarditis |
13 | 37 | S. pneum. | 7 | 4 | 1 | 230 | All vessels | 18 | MRI | Right and left MCA | Hydrocephalus, Hypakusis | Â |
14 | 42 | S. agalacticae | 11 | N/A | 0 | 230 | Right and left MCA | 1 | MRI | Left ACA and MCA | Â | Endocarditis |
15 | 67 | S. pneum. | 7 | 4 | 10 | < 150 | All vessels | 9 | MRI | Right and left ACA | Â | Â |
16 | 76 | Pseud. aeruginosa | 9 | 4 | 0 | < 150 | All vessels | 0 | MRI | Posterior circulation, left MCA | Â | atrial fibrillation |