Abstract
Background Recurrent bacterial meningitis in children poses a considerable diagnostic challenge due to its multiple etiologies. Making an early diagnosis is crucial in preventing further episodes that could lead to a potentially life threatening condition, neurologic sequelae and psychological trauma due to multiple invasive investigations. Recurrent bacterial meningitis has multiple underlying conditions, but it is most frequently caused by anatomic intracranial or lumbosacral defects (encephaloceles, meningocele, temporal bone malformations, skull fracture, dermoid cyst of the lumbosacral spine). Other predisposing conditions are different types of immunodeficiency (immunoglobulin deficiency, complement deficiency, HIV, asplenia) and chronic infections of the middle ear and paranasal sinuses.
Highlights
Recurrent bacterial meningitis in children poses a considerable diagnostic challenge due to its multiple etiologies
Recurrent bacterial meningitis has multiple underlying conditions, but it is most frequently caused by anatomic intracranial or lumbosacral defects
Case report We report the case of a 6 year-old child with recurrent bacterial meningoencephalitis with a transethmoidal meningocele with corticospinal fluid fistula
Summary
From The 10th Edition of the Scientific Days of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof Dr Matei Bals” Bucharest, Romania.
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