Acute meningitis in Mansoura fever hospital
المؤلفون المشاركون
Khalifah, Najla A.
Abd al-Munim, Samih M.
al-Amili, Ayah M.
Taha, Umaymah T.
Sharaf, Ahmad L.
المصدر
Suez Canal University Medical Journal
العدد
المجلد 25، العدد 1 (31 مارس/آذار 2022)، ص ص. 13-21، 9ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2022-03-31
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
9
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
الملخص EN
Background : meningitis is a serious health problem that results in grave morbidity and mortali-ty.
it is caused by several organisms and present with various presenting pictures imparting some challenge.
aim : highlighting the etiology and prognosis of acute meningitis in mansoura fever hospital.
subjects and methods : a prospective cross sectional observational study.
the study included 350 cases admitted with suspected meningitis.
lumbar puncture : for collection of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples.
CSF analysis, microbiological examination of CSF, and blood culture and antibiotic sensitivity test were done.
brain magnetic resonant imaging (MRI) was performed before lumbar puncture in some patients.
detailed analysis of epidemiologic characteristics, clinical data and laboratory findings, the causative organisms, prognosis of all the patients with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) were studied.
results : meningitis occurred at all age groups.
a significant proportion of meningitis patients (60%) reported a positive history of antibiotic intake in the few days (3-5) before admission to the hospital.
79.1% of ABM patients had a CSF leukocyte count in the range of > 100 up to 1,000 cell/mm3 and 80% had CSF neutrophil percentage > 50%.
the pathogens were detected by direct gram-stained smear in 86.4% of pa-tients.
Gram + ve bacteria was detected in 55 / 110 (50%) of cases.
Gram-ve bacteria detected in 40 / 110 (36.4%) of cases.
ABM carried a high mortality rate (22.7%).
ABM had 22.7% mortality rate.
conclusions : meningitis is endemic in Egypt with a significant mortality rate.
Strept.
pneumonia was the most common offending organism.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Abd al-Munim, Samih M.& al-Amili, Ayah M.& Khalifah, Najla A.& Taha, Umaymah T.& Sharaf, Ahmad L.. 2022. Acute meningitis in Mansoura fever hospital. Suez Canal University Medical Journal،Vol. 25, no. 1, pp.13-21.
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Abd al-Munim, Samih M.…[et al.]. Acute meningitis in Mansoura fever hospital. Suez Canal University Medical Journal Vol. 25, no. 1 (2022), pp.13-21.
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نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Abd al-Munim, Samih M.& al-Amili, Ayah M.& Khalifah, Najla A.& Taha, Umaymah T.& Sharaf, Ahmad L.. Acute meningitis in Mansoura fever hospital. Suez Canal University Medical Journal. 2022. Vol. 25, no. 1, pp.13-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1333151
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 19-21
رقم السجل
BIM-1333151
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