title: [Meningitis caused by streptococci other than S. pneumoniae: clinical and microbiological features of 13 cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas. Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. Barcelona. Spain.
authors.forename: Queralt
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jordano
authors.forename: Vicenç
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Falcó
authors.forename: Benito
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Almirante
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gasser
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pigrau
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pahissa
mesh_terms: 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