Delayed cerebral thrombosis complicating pneumococcal meningitis: an autopsy study

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 2 Neuropathological findings of patients with pneumococcal meningitis

Type	Age yrs (M/F)	Days admission-autopsy	DXM	Parenchymal infiltration	Meningeal artery inflammation	Arterial thrombosis	Infarction	Area infarction	Bleeding	Area bleeding	Total pathology score
DCT 1	52, M	10	+	+++	+++	++	+++	Basal ganglia, cerebellum, brainstem	+	Focal minor	19
DCT 2	39, M	35	+	+	++	–	+++	Cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum, brainstem	+	Focal minor	10
DCT 3	73, M	24	+	+	++	+++	+++	Cortex, cerebellum	+	Focal minor	17
DCT 4	68, F	15	+	+	+++	++	+++	Cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum, brainstem	+	Focal minor	15
Control	46, M	7	_	++	+++	+++	++	Cortex, basal ganglia, brainstem	+++	Cortex, brainstem, cerebellum	22
Control	78, F	18	+	++	+++	+	+++	Cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum, brainstem	+++	?	19
Control	73, F	21	+	++	++	++	++	Cortex, basal ganglia, brainstem	+	Brainstem, cerebellum	14
Control	48, F	30	+	++	+++	–	++	Cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum, brainstem	+++	Basal ganglia	16
Control	88, F	30	?	++	–	++	+	Cortex, cerebellum, brainstem	++	Brainstem, cerebellum	15
Control	75, M	30	?	++	+++	++	+++	Cortex	+	?	19
Control	79, M	12	–	–	+	++	++	Cortex	–	–	14
Control	71, F	15	?	–	+	–	++	Cortex	+	?	6