Clinical Course and Outcome of Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis in Cancer Patients.

In conclusion, bacterial meningitis in cancer patients is characterized by atypical symptoms and high mortality, which requires physicians' vigilance and a prompt investigation of cerebrospinal fluid in suspected cases. However, multiple regression analysis suggests that differences in clinical presentation and outcomes of bacterial meningitis between cancer and cancer-free patients may also be attributable to other factors, such as age differences. PMID: 31792808 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - December 4, 2019 Category: Research Tags: Adv Exp Med Biol Source Type: research