Clinical Characteristics and Therapeutic Outcomes of Postneurosurgical Bacterial Meningitis in Elderly Patients over 65: A Hospital-based Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Elderly patients accounted for 30.9% of all cases of ABM, of whom 49.1% had postneurosurgical ABM. The clinical characteristics of the elderly patients with postneurosurgical ABM were non-specific, and cerebrospinal fluid studies were needed to confirm the diagnosis. The mortality rate of this group of patients was high, and septic shock was an important prognostic factor. The clinical and laboratory features and therapeutic outcomes were different between the elderly patients with postneurosurgical and spontaneous ABM. PMID: 30315560 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Acta Neurologica Taiwanica - Category: Neurology Tags: Acta Neurol Taiwan Source Type: research