title: [Infectious meningitis in the adult: 3-year clinical experience].
abstract: In order to establish the epidemiologic features of infectious meningitis in the adult population in our environment, the experience of the Department of Neurology of the Hospital del Rey during the 3-year period, from 1984 to 1986, has been analyzed. Three-hundred-ninety episodes were handled, of which, 51% were acute bacterial meningitis, 45% were acute lymphocytic meningitis, 26% were tuberculous meningitis, 1% were brucellar meningitis and 0.5% were due to Candida albicans. Acute bacterial meningitis predominated in winter, whereas acute lymphocytic meningitis predominated in summer (p less than 0.001). Forty-seven percent of acute bacterial meningitis were due to Neisseria meningitidis and 14.5% of acute lymphocytic meningitis with virologic study, were due to Herpesviridae. The mortality rate of acute bacterial meningitis was 8.5% and that of tuberculous meningitis was 10%. In order to emphasize the importance of these processes, the main epidemiologic data are compared with that of other studies.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martínez-Martín
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sáenz Lope
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Estévez Guerra
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rapún Pac
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Meningitis infecciosas del adulto: experiencia clínica de tres años.