Acute communitarian bacterial meningitis and AIDS are prevalent infectious disease in Brazil. The objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of acute communitarian bacterial meningitis in AIDS patients, the clinical and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) characteristics. It was reviewed the Health Department data from city of Curitiba, Southern Brazil, from 1996 to 2002. During this period, 3...

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AIMS To determine the level of serum procalcitonin and cerebrospinal fluid cytokines in children with bacterial or viral meningitis and to document the use of these parameters in differential diagnosis. RESULTS Before the start of antibiotic treatment, serum procalcitonin and tumor necrosis factor alpha levels were found to be higher in acute bacterial meningitis compared with viral meningiti...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate evidence-based data on adjunctive glucocorticoid therapy in central nervous system bacterial infections. DESIGN A literature review of studies, particularly controlled trials, that have evaluated dexamethasone therapy for acute bacterial meningitis and glucocorticoid therapy for tuberculous meningitis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Clinical outcomes were mortality and morbidit...

Introduction: The early presentation of bacterial meningitis and aseptic are similar however treatment outcome different. Bacterial Meningitis Score helps to differentiate from meningitis.
 Aims: To evaluate score as clinical prediction rule in children with acute Methods: This was a hospital based prospective study done at pediatric department Nepalgunj Medical College, Nepalgunj, tertiar...

Rapid diagnosis and treatment of acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis reduces mortality and neurological sequelae, but can be delayed by atypical presentation, assessment of lumbar puncture safety, and poor sensitivity of standard diagnostic microbiology. Thus, diagnostic dilemmas are common in patients with suspected acute community-acquired bacterial meningitis. History and physical ...

OBJECTIVE Acute bacterial meningitis in pediatrics remains a serious and potentially lethal disease. Its prognosis is critically dependent on rapid diagnosis and treatment. The use of biological markers, like procalcitonin, has been proposed to facilitate the accuracy of the initial diagnosis of bacterial meningitis. The aim of this study was assessment the diagnostic values of serum procalcito...

It was shown in children that serum procalcitonin was the best marker to use to differentiate bacterial from viral meningitis. To evaluate procalcitonin in the diagnosis of acute bacterial and viral meningitis, we conducted a prospective study including adult patients who were suspected of having meningitis and who were admitted to an emergency department. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum le...

Mortality and morbidity rates are high among children with acute bacterial meningitis, especially in young ages. A im: to determine the most common neurologic complications during the acute phase of childhood bacterial meningitis and long term sequelae. Material and methods: A total of 277 children (aged 0-16years) were evaluated for acute neurologic complications following bacterial meningitis...

Appropriate, rapid and reliable laboratory tests are essential for the diagnosis and therapy of acute bacterial meningitis especially in children. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of flowcytometric detection of CD64 surface marker on blood neutrophils in diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis. Our work included 132 (74 males and 58 females) patients with suspected...