title: [Posttraumatic purulent meningitis in patients treated at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases at the Rijeka Clinical Center, 1980-1989].
abstract: During the period from 1980 to 1989 seven patients with posttraumatic purulent meningitis (PTPM) were treated at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases of Rijeka Clinical Centre. These accounted for 11.1% of total purulent meningitis cases of the same period. Three PTPM patients had recurrent attacks of meningitis. The age range of was the PTPM patients from 5 to 49 years; men prevailed in the ratio of 6 to 1. The etiology was confirmed in five cases (in four Streptococcus pneumoniae, in one Haemophilus influenzae). One of these yielded Penicillin G resistant Str. pneumoniae. The average duration of antibacterial therapy was 20.5 days. Two patients acquired lasting sequelae but there were no lethal outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Klinika za infektivne bolesti, KBC Rijeka.
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authors.lastname: Brncić-Dabo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D013492:Suppuration
vernacular_title: Posttraumatski gnojni meningitis u bolesnika lijecenih u Klinici za infektivne bolesti KBC Rijeka, 1980-1989.