Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Adults -- A Review of 493 Episodes

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Authors

Marlene L. Durand · Massachusetts General Hospital

Stephen B. Calderwood · Massachusetts General Hospital

David J. Weber · Massachusetts General Hospital

Samuel I. Miller · Massachusetts General Hospital

Frederick S. Southwick · Massachusetts General Hospital

Verne S. Caviness · Harvard University Press

Morton N. Swartz

Abstract

In our large urban hospital, a major proportion of cases of acute bacterial meningitis in adults were nosocomial. Recurrent episodes of meningitis were frequent. The overall mortality rate remained high.

Topics & Keywords

Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 328, Issue 1, pp. 21-28

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199301073280104

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