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Cerebrospinal meningitis: a global disease with regional variability?
Affiliations- Department of Neurology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Abstract
Introduction. In this edition, Szymanski et al. present the results of their retrospective study of the clinical differences between patients with meningococcal meningitis and pneumococcal cerebrospinal meningitis at the Regional Specialistic Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland. Clinical reflections. The authors found that compared to patients with N. meningitidis, patients with S. pneumoniae were older, more frequently had chronic comorbidities, and had higher rates of pneumonia, longer hospitalisations, and higher mortality. Patients with N. meningitidis had higher rates of haemorrhagic rash and DIC. Clinical implications. These characteristics and outcomes reflect previous reports from Western Europe and the United States.
Abstract
Introduction. In this edition, Szymanski et al. present the results of their retrospective study of the clinical differences between patients with meningococcal meningitis and pneumococcal cerebrospinal meningitis at the Regional Specialistic Hospital in Wroclaw, Poland. Clinical reflections. The authors found that compared to patients with N. meningitidis, patients with S. pneumoniae were older, more frequently had chronic comorbidities, and had higher rates of pneumonia, longer hospitalisations, and higher mortality. Patients with N. meningitidis had higher rates of haemorrhagic rash and DIC. Clinical implications. These characteristics and outcomes reflect previous reports from Western Europe and the United States.
Keywords
Meningitis, health care outcomes, sepsis, risk factors
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Cerebrospinal meningitis: a global disease with regional variability?
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Article type
Invited Editorial
Pages
6-7
Published online
2020-02-29
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Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2020;54(1):6-7.
Keywords
Meningitis
health care outcomes
sepsis
risk factors
Authors
Jason L. Siegel
