[Meningitis caused by streptococci other than S. pneumoniae: clinical and microbiological features of 13 cases].
OBJECTIVE
Meningitis caused by streptococci other than S. pneumoniae are uncommon. We present our experience.


METHODS
We reviewed the clinical, microbiological, and epidemiological features of all patients with meningitis due to streptococci other than S. pneumoniae diagnosed in the Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron during the period 1991-2001.


RESULTS
Main causative agents in 13 studied patients were viridans group streptococci (6 cases) and S. agalactiae (5 cases). There were no differences in the clinical presentation between different streptococci. Bacteremia was common in meningitis due to S. agalactiae (80%). Only one patient died.


CONCLUSIONS
Meningitis caused by streptococci other than S. pneumoniae are often related to a distant focus of infection or to neurosurgical procedures and, in our experience, they seem to have a good outcome.
Jordano
Queralt
Q
Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Barcelona. Spain.
Falcó
Vicenç
V
Almirante
Benito
B
Gasser
Isabel
I
Pigrau
Carlos
C
Pahissa
Albert
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae; D034363:Viridans Streptococci