TY - JOUR
T1 - Cranial ultrasound in neonatal brain infections
AU - Licht-van der Stap, Roosmarijn G.
AU - de Vries, Linda S.
AU - Alarcon, Ana
AU - Govaert, Paul
AU - Steggerda, Sylke J.
AU - Agut, Thais
AU - Arena, Roberta
AU - Arnaez, Juan
AU - Bartocci, Marco
AU - Benavente-Fernández, Isabel
AU - Bravo, Maria Carmen
AU - Fernando, Cabañas
AU - Carreras, Nuria Blesa
AU - Claris, Olivier
AU - Dudink, Jeroen
AU - Fumagalli, Monica
AU - Garcia-Alix, Alfredo
AU - Horsch, Sandra
AU - Lubián-López, Simón Pedro
AU - Mühlbacher, Tobias
AU - Parodi, Alessandro
AU - Pellicer, Adelina
AU - Ramenghi, Luca
AU - Roehr, Charles C.
AU - Schwarz, Simone
AU - Valverde, Eva
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 The Author(s). Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Mac Keith Press.
PY - 2025/8
Y1 - 2025/8
N2 - Infection of the neonatal central nervous system (CNS) can cause irreversible brain damage. Cranial ultrasound is an important neuroimaging modality in the neonatal period for detecting brain injury. Several types of organism can cause neonatal CNS infection. The aim of this narrative review is to provide an overview of the most common and typical ultrasonographic features of neonatal CNS infections and their evolution over time. Different microorganisms cause characteristic brain injury patterns. Using numerous imaging examples, we explain the different injury patterns caused by several Gram-positive and Gram-negative microorganisms, fungi, and viruses. This can guide the clinician to appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
AB - Infection of the neonatal central nervous system (CNS) can cause irreversible brain damage. Cranial ultrasound is an important neuroimaging modality in the neonatal period for detecting brain injury. Several types of organism can cause neonatal CNS infection. The aim of this narrative review is to provide an overview of the most common and typical ultrasonographic features of neonatal CNS infections and their evolution over time. Different microorganisms cause characteristic brain injury patterns. Using numerous imaging examples, we explain the different injury patterns caused by several Gram-positive and Gram-negative microorganisms, fungi, and viruses. This can guide the clinician to appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85218691720
U2 - 10.1111/dmcn.16279
DO - 10.1111/dmcn.16279
M3 - Review article
C2 - 39996578
SN - 0012-1622
VL - 67
SP - 986
EP - 1003
JO - Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
JF - Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
IS - 8
ER -