Abstract:
:We reviewed the charts of 176 adult patients, admitted with a diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis, in the Hospital Couto Maia, from January 1990 to December 1992. All the patients had community-acquired meningitis. In 120 patients we could identify the causative agent on Gram's staining and culture. The most common pathogens were N. meningitidis (56.7%) S. pneumoniae (37.5%) and E. coli (3.3%). The overall lethality rate was 19.8% and the lethality was greater in the group with streptococcus meningitis (31.8%). The mean age and the leukocyte in the peripheral blood were greater in the group with S. pneumoniae meningitis than in the meningococal group. Cutaneous hemorrhagic lesions was and excellent predictor meningococcal meningitis.
journal_name
Arq Neuropsiquiatrjournal_title
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatriaauthors
Gomes I,Lucena R,Melo Adoi
10.1590/s0004-282x1997000400012subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-09-01 00:00:00pages
584-7issue
3Beissn
0004-282Xissn
1678-4227journal_volume
55pub_type
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
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doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2000000500008
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
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doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1991000300011
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1999000400017
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
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doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2010000600014
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2003000300010
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2011000700004
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2006000100008
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1590/0004-282X20150111
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2010000500007
更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
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doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2001000200004
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1991000400008
更新日期:1991-12-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1992000400003
更新日期:1992-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x1999000100016
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2004000200015
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2007000400012
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0004-282x2005000200010
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00