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Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus complicating Bacterial Meningitis in Childhood BMJ 316:1887-1889, Mactier,H.,et al, 1998 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Two children presented with signs of raised intracranial pressure and sepsis.Computed tomography showed relatively large ventricles,suggesting obstructive hydrocephalus.Raised intracranial pressure was confirmed at ventriculostomy,but cerebrospinal fluid was sterile.Streptococcus pneumoniae infection was subsequently documented in both patients,and findings at postmortem examination in one confirmed that he had acute purulent basal meningitis.

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