title: [Evaluation of treatment outcome for bacterial meningitis and encephalitis at the provincial hospital of infectious diseases in Wrocław during 1985-1989].
abstract: Data about 848 patients treated in the years 1985-1989 in the Province Hospital of Infectious Diseases were analyzed. Among them were 98 patients with bacterial meningitis and encephalitis. The most frequent etiological agents were Neisseria meningitidis and Diplococcus pneumoniae. In none case Haemophilus influenzae was isolated. The average time of hospitalization was limited to 45 days. Treatment introduced at once was based on the results of bacteriological tests. Crystalline penicillin, cephalosporins of the II and the III generation and in some cases metronidazole were antibiotics of choice. Serious complications were observed in 25% of patients. 5% of patients died.
authors.affiliation: Wojewódzki Specjalistyczny Szpital Chorób Infekcyjnych we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rotter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Ocena wyników leczenia ropnych zapaleń opon mózgowo-rdzeniowych i mózgu w Wojewódzkim Szpitalu Chorób Zakaźnych we Wrocławiu w latach 1985-1989.