1. Acute Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System Karen L. Roos
Chapter 39
Acute Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System
Karen L. Roos
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

2. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Figure 39-1 Inflammatory cascade leading to the neurologic complications of bacterial meningitis. CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; SAS, subarachnoid space.
(Reprinted by permission of Karen L. Roos, MD, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis.)
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

3. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Figure 39-2 Schematic appearance of a subdural empyema.
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

4. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Figure 39-3 Cranial epidural abscess located in the space between the dura and the inner table of the skull.
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

5. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Figure 39-4 An abscess in the epidural space posterior to the spinal cord.
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

6. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Figure 39-5 Sagittal T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the cervical spine demonstrating an epidural fluid collection (abscess) compressing the spinal cord.
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

7. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Figure 39-6 The major cerebral venous sinuses.
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.