PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E Crushell
AU  - O Flanagan
AU  - M Devins
AU  - K Dunne
AU  - J Gleeson
TI  - Intussusception associated with bacterial meningitis
AID  - 10.1136/adc.85.1.56
DP  - 2001 Jul 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 56--57
VI  - 85
IP  - 1
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/85/1/56.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/85/1/56.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2001 Jul 01; 85
AB  - Despite its common association with viral illnesses, intussusception has only rarely been found in the presence of bacterial infections. Two infants are described, both of whom were admitted to hospital with bilious vomiting, drowsiness, and dehydration. Both infants required urgent intravenous volume expansion. Intussusception was confirmed, and reduction was achieved by enema in both cases. Recovery was slow, and one infant developed a seizure. Evidence of meningococcal meningitis was found in both, with septicaemia in one. Neurological outcome is normal to date, and there has been no recurrence of intussusception in either case.