Open AccessMeningitis: etiological and outcome panorama in Brazil in the 2019-2020 biennium
Author(s) -
Saulo Bueno de Azeredo,
Emanuel Kerber,
Yasmynni Escher,
Artur Martio,
Victor Angeliero
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5327/1516-3180.408
Subject(s) - meningitis , etiology , medicine , context (archaeology) , viral meningitis , epidemiology , pediatrics , medical diagnosis , bacterial meningitis , pathology , geography , archaeology
Background: Meningitis is the inflammation of the meninges. The outcome varies between etiologies. It is endemic in Brazil with mandatory notification. Objectives: To analyze the number of diagnoses and outcomes of meningitis in Brazil in the 2019-2020 biennium. Design and setting: Cross-sectional epidemiological study using DATASUS database. Methods: Data from patients diagnosed with meningitis in the period from 2019 to 2020 were included, correlating them to the etiologies and their outcomes. Results: There was a 70.8% reduction in the absolute number of diagnosed meningitis in 2020 (4,713) compared to 2019 (16,155). The most prevalent specified cause was “viral meningitis”, corresponding to 49,1% in 2019 and 42% in 2020. There was no great variation in the percentage of etiologies. “Hospital discharge”, corresponding to 76.8% in 2019 and 68% in 2020. “Death” was the outcome of 14.8% of patients in 2020 and 12.9% in 2019. The most related option to “Death from meningitis” was “Bacterial meningitis”, responsible for 24% in 2020 and 21.3% in 2019. Conclusions: The number of diagnoses of meningitis fell in the 2019-2020 comparison. The context of under-diagnosis worries because it means late diagnoses and worse outcomes.