[Infections of the central nervous system. A review of 295 cases (author's transl)].
Authors report results of treatment of 295 cases of CNS infection, of which 220 were bacterial meningitis and 75 viral meningitis. Positive cultures wre obtained in 62% of bacterial meningitis (122 "Neisseria meningitidis", eight "Pneumococci", three "Haemophylus influenzae" type B  and three "M. tuberculosis"). Mortality in bacterial meningitis was 9%, and only 2% in viral meningitis. The main epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data are discussed.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D013030:Spain
Infecciones del sistema nervioso central. Comentarios sobre 295 casos.