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Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults.
We reviewed the charts of all patients > or = 15 years of age or older in whom community acquired-bacterial meningitis was diagnosed at Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand from 1984 through 1998. Eighty-five patients were included in this study. The clinical manifestation was acute meningitis with CSF neutrophilic pleocytosis and low glucose content. Gram's staining of CSF was positive in...
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This investigation aimed both to delineate the current status of community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis and to produce data on the interrelationships between clinical, laboratory and therapeutic parameters in the elderly. This retrospective cohort study was conducted in 28 Turkish institutions in 159 culture-positive patients over the age of 50 years. Streptococcus pneumoniae was the mos...
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Introduction Community-acquired meningitis is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The epidemiology of communityacquired meningitis has changed over the past 15 years with the use of new vaccines and with the development of resistance to antibiotics. Bacterial meningitis would appear to be the most frequent by far, but most viral aetiologies are very often poorly recognized. The annual...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Reviews Disease Primers
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2056-676X
DOI: 10.1038/nrdp.2016.74