Abstract
The incidence of ocular complications in 4102 patients with meningitis was studied during a 15 year period. Cranial nerve involvement was detected in 23\% of patients (sixth cranial nerve in 16.5\%; third and seventh nerve in 3.0\% each; and fourth and fifth nerve in 0.1\% each). Pupillary changes were detected in 82\% and fundus changes in 5.2\% of patients.
- adolescent,
- adult,
- aged,
- child,
- diseases,
- eye
- eye,
- female,
- haemophilus,
- humans,
- infant,
- male,
- meningeal
- meningitis,
- meningococcal,
- middle
- pneumococcal,
- preschool,
- tuberculosis,
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