CLINICAL, EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND THERAPEUTIC A SPECTS OF ADULT PURULENT-MENINGITIS - ON 74 TREATED CASES AT BRAZZAVILLE-HOSPITAL (CONGO)

Authors
BOUMANDOUKI P OYONGO A YALA F
Citation
P. Boumandouki et al., CLINICAL, EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND THERAPEUTIC A SPECTS OF ADULT PURULENT-MENINGITIS - ON 74 TREATED CASES AT BRAZZAVILLE-HOSPITAL (CONGO), Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales, 86(2), 1993, pp. 141-143
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales → ACNP
ISSN journal
00379085
Volume
86
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
141 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-9085(1993)86:2<141:CEATAS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
During 2 years and 9 months, 74 patients were hospitalized to purulent meningitis at the Hospital of Brazzaville and 33 were bacteriological ly confirmed. The pneumococcus was responsible in 24 cases (33,4 %). T he analysis of 74 files showed that 34 patients died, 40 were complete ly cured without any after effect. The factors for these bad pronosis are. the presence of signs of cerebral pains; a CSF cytology inferior to 500 cells/mm3; total CSF proteins inferior to 2 g/l and the time be fore hospitalisation superior to 5 days.