Bacterial Meningitis — a Review of Selected Aspects

Abstract

Subdural EffusionsIn 1950 McKay and his associates¹⁶⁹ presented an important preliminary report concerning collections of fluid in the subdural space during the course of meningitis. Their initial experience concerned 9 infants with H. influenzae infections, but it was soon appreciated that subdural collections of fluid could occur in meningitis caused by other organisms.^{6, 170 171 172 173 174} McKay et al.¹⁶⁹ stressed the point that the character of the subdural fluid was usually indistinguishable from that found in infants with chronic, traumatic subdural effusions, although during the acute stage of the meningitis, inflammatory cells could often be demonstrated and organisms occasionally cultured from the . . .