title: [Treatment outcome of purulent meningitis in adults from material of the Clinic of Infectious Diseases AM in Lodz in the years 1990-1991].
abstract: 81 patients (pts) with bacterial meningitis hospitalised in the Clinic for Infectious Diseases in the years 1990-1991 were treated according to two therapeutic schedules. First: young pts (under 40 years), without coexisting diseases obtained Penicillin G and aminoglycoside and/or synthetic penicillin. Second: pts over 40 years old with coexisting diseases or cases of recurrent meningitis were treated with third-generation cephalosporins and aminoglycoside and/or synthetic penicillin. The mortality was 16% in the study group. 11 of 13 pts with coexisting diseases died. Neurologic sequelae were found in 23% of pts. The complete recovery was obtained in 34% of pts, more often (35.9%) in a group treated with third--generation cephalosporins comparing to 29.4% with other antibiotic therapy.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Zakaźnych AM w Lodzi.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wrodycki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuydowicz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krakowiak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michowicz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Małolepsza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Białkowska-Warzecha
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Latarska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hauk-Szklarek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000617:Aminoglycosides; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; D010406:Penicillins
vernacular_title: Wyniki leczenia ropnego zapalenia opon mózgowo-rdzeniowych u dorosłych w materiale Kliniki Chorób Zakaźnych AM w Lodzi w latach 1990-1991.