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Fulminant bacterial meningitis complicating sphenoid sinusitis.
Intracranial complications of sinusitis, including meningitis, are uncommon in childhood. Among pediatric patients admitted for treatment of sinusitis, 3.2% were found to have an intracranial complication. Conversely, among pediatric patients with intracranial infections, only 2.4% had infections secondary to sinusitis. Infection of the sphenoid sinuses, however, merits particular concern. Thes...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0022-510X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.09.193