Acute bacterial meningitis complications (mnemonic)
Last revised by Daniel J Bell on 5 Feb 2019
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Alabed S, Bell D, Kang O, et al. Acute bacterial meningitis complications (mnemonic). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 26 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-47664
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29 Aug 2016,
Samer Alabed
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5 Feb 2019,
Daniel J Bell ◉
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Synonyms:
- HAMIC (mnemonic)
The complications of acute bacterial meningitis can be remembered using the mnemonic:
- HACTIVE
Mnemonic
- H: hydrocephalus
- A: abscess
- C: cerebritis / cranial nerve lesion
- T: thrombosis
- I: infarct
- V: ventriculitis/vasculopathy
- E: extra-axial collection: empyema and hygroma
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References
- 1. Hughes DC, Raghavan A, Mordekar SR, Griffiths PD, Connolly DJ. Role of imaging in the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis and its complications. Postgrad Med J. 2010 Aug;86(1018):478-85. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.097022. Review. PubMed PMID: 20709770.