title: Neuroinfectious diseases at a European neurological tertiary care center: one-third of patients require treatment in the neurological intensive care unit.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Studies on the impact of infectious diseases affecting the nervous system are sparse.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients with neuroinfectious diseases (NIDs) who were treated at our Department of Neurology from 2005 until 2009 were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with NIDs required treatment at the intensive care unit in 34.8%. The mortality rate of patients with NIDs was significantly higher than that of other inpatients with neurological diseases (5.1% vs. 3.0%, respectively, P = 0.018).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In summary, this study shows that patients with NIDs are severely ill and mortality is high.
authors: Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Buchholz
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Ormanns
authors: H-W
authors: HW
authors: Pfister
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Koedel
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Klein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: epidemiology; neuroinfectious diseases; outcome