Open AccessETIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF INFECTIOUS MENINGITIS AT “DR V. BABES” CLINICAL HOSPITAL OF INFECTIOUS AND TROPICAL DISEASES, BUCHAREST
Author(s) -
Emanoil Ceauşu,
Bucharest Pharmacy,
Simin-Aysel Florescu,
Maria Nica,
Sebastian Smâdu,
Daniel Codreanu,
C Oprişan,
Ana Maria Dascălu,
Cristiana Oprea,
Ştefan Lazăr,
Corneliu Petru Popescu,
Alma Kosa,
Petre Iacob Calistru
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
romanian journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6051
pISSN - 1454-3389
DOI - 10.37897/rjid.2017.3.3
Subject(s) - etiology , meningitis , viral meningitis , medicine , pediatrics , clinical microbiology , bacterial meningitis , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
Infectious meningitis is a serious medical problem that can be fatal if treatment is delayed. Objectives. There are presented clinical and laboratory aspects of patients with suspected meningitis, presented and hospitalized during 2014-2017 at Hospital for Infectious and Tropical Diseases Dr V. Babes Bucharest. Clinical and paraclinical variables that show statistically significant differences depending on the etiology of meningitis have been identified. Methods. Patients who showed signs and symptoms according to the case definition would be included in the study. Clinical and laboratory values were recorded in a database which was then processed to identify statistically significant differences between the group of patients with suspicion only but subsequently not ill against the group of confirmed, and also among different subgroups within the confirmed. Results. Of the 97 cases of infectious meningitis included within 3 years, 53 cases (55%) were viral, 31 (32%) bacterial, one case of fungal meningitis and 12 cases of tuberculous meningitis.