Forty-seven cases of pyogenic meningitis in adults in Korle Bu Hospital, Accra.
Forty-seven cases of pyogenic meningitis treated at Korle Bu Hospital are described. Twenty-two were pneumococcal and in the other 25 no organisms were isolated from the C.S.F. The mortality rate was high (62%). Late presentation, extracerebral sepsis and fulminant infection were common. Clinical features, reasons for the high mortality rate, treatment and possible measures to improve the situation are discussed.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D013492:Suppuration