title: [Enterococcal meningitis].
abstract: 104 cases of enterococcal meningitis from the literature of the last 35 years have been reviewed: 70% are pediatric patients, 30% are adults. Malformations or concomitant conditions favour the outbreak of the disease. Mixed infections are frequent (15%). The average lethality is about 40% with a variation of +/- 22% depending on the patients prior state of health. Treatment is still very difficult even with the latest antibiotics.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008581:Meningitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D013291:Streptococcus; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Die Enterokokken-Meningitis.