Leptomeningitis Purulent

What is leptomeningitis?

Leptomeningolymphadenitis is both a serous process with pinpoint hemorrhages that do not extend beyond the sinus endothelium and an infection that most often occurs in newborns (after 12 hours after birth) to 2 weeks after birth. At older ages, this disease can cause various complications, including spinal cord damage and encephalitis. Complications may occur in patients with particularly severe disease. These include: brain abscesses, etc., as well as meningoencephalitis, subacute and chronic subdural paralysis of the brain stem, meningeal and other disorders associated with hearing loss. Parents whose postnatal form of childhood was complicated by infection may mount a strong immune response necessary to prevent relapse. But it is also known that severe forms of infection can weaken the immunity of so-called trade workers. Children who contract the infection in utero may have a congenital malformation.

It is also necessary to take into account that due to the similarity of symptoms, leptomeningitis is very often with meningococcal infection and acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis. This happens because these several diseases have some common features: severe headaches with a feeling of pressure on the skull and intracranial pressure, subarachnoid hemorrhages, fever. However, often the suspicion is confirmed only by a bacteriological examination of the blood, an increase in the content of leukocytes, and the presence of pathogenic bacteria in the contents of hemorrhages. Microscopic analysis also reveals changes characteristic of hemophilus influenzae infection. Another sign that distinguishes meningitis from meningomyelitis is radiography, highlighting an increase in foci of destruction in the bone marrow (amidon use). In addition, lumbar puncture and lumbar puncture are recommended to make a diagnosis in such cases.

The disease is caused by the penetration of meningosis bacteria into the brain tissue or meninges through the pore of the base of the brain.