title: [Purulent meningitis. Presentation of 47 cases].
abstract: We report 47 patients with purulent meningitis who were seen at our institution during the last 3 years. In 42.5% of patients an upper respiratory infection previous to the onset of the clinical features of meningitis was demonstrated. We had positive bacteriological results in 47% of cases. In the remaining patients the culture was negative. 56% of these had received previous antibiotic therapy. Only 4 patients died, all of them with initial septic shock. The therapy of choice was i.v. ampicillin, at a dose of 1-3 g/4 hours.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tiberio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martí
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iriarte
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Antón
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maravi Petri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martínez Ibáñez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000667:Ampicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012621:Seasons; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D000667:Ampicillin
vernacular_title: Meningitis purulenta. Presentación de 47 casos.