Bacterial meningitis in adults: a retrospective study among 148 patients in an 8-year period in a university hospital, Finland.
Sakke NiemeläLaura LempinenEliisa S LöyttyniemiJarmo OksiJussi JeroPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2023)
The number of cases with nosocomial BM was surprisingly high and should be further investigated. The usage of pre-diagnostic antibiotics was also quite high. Headache was associated with unfavorable outcome. The frequency of unfavorable outcome of BM was 40.5%, although mortality in our patients was lower than in most previous studies.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes
- cerebrospinal fluid
- staphylococcus aureus
- cystic fibrosis
- mass spectrometry
- coronary artery disease
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- atomic force microscopy
- case control