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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study
BACKGROUND: To examine the clinical characteristics of bacterial meningitis in elderly patients. METHODS: 261 patients with adult bacterial meningitis (ABM), collected during a study period of 11 years (2000-2010), were included for study. Among them, 87 patients aged ≥ 65 years and were classified...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22204457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-91 |
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author | Lai, Wei-An Chen, Shu-Fang Tsai, Nai-Wen Chang, Chiung-Chih Chang, Wen-Neng Lu, Cheng-Hsien Chuang, Yao-Chung Chien, Chun-Chih Huang, Chi-Ren |
author_facet | Lai, Wei-An Chen, Shu-Fang Tsai, Nai-Wen Chang, Chiung-Chih Chang, Wen-Neng Lu, Cheng-Hsien Chuang, Yao-Chung Chien, Chun-Chih Huang, Chi-Ren |
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description | BACKGROUND: To examine the clinical characteristics of bacterial meningitis in elderly patients. METHODS: 261 patients with adult bacterial meningitis (ABM), collected during a study period of 11 years (2000-2010), were included for study. Among them, 87 patients aged ≥ 65 years and were classified as the elderly group. The clinical and laboratory characteristics and prognostic factors were analyzed, and a clinical comparison with those of non-elderly ABM patients was also made. RESULTS: The 87 elderly ABM patients were composed of 53 males and 34 females, aged 65-87 years old (median = 71 years). Diabetes mellitus (DM) was the most common underlying condition (34%), followed by end stage renal disease (7%), alcoholism (4%) and malignancies (4%). Fever was the most common clinical manifestation (86%), followed by altered consciousness (62%), leukocytosis (53%), hydrocephalus (38%), seizure (30%), bacteremia (21%) and shock (11%). Thirty-nine of these 87 elderly ABM patients had spontaneous infection, while the other 48 had post-neurosurgical infection. Forty-four patients contracted ABM in a community-acquired state, while the other 43, a nosocomial state. The therapeutic results of the 87 elderly ABM patients were that 34 patients expired and 53 patients survived. The comparative results of the clinical and laboratory characteristics between the elderly and non-elderly ABM patients showed that only peripheral blood leukocytosis was significant. Presence of shock and seizure were significant prognostic factors of elderly ABM patients. CONCLUSIONS: Elderly ABM patients accounted for 34.8% of the overall ABM cases, and this relatively high incidence rate may signify the future burden of ABM in the elderly population in Taiwan. The relative frequency of implicated pathogens of elderly ABM is similar to that of non-elderly ABM. Compared with non-elderly patients, the elderly ABM patients have a significantly lower incidence of peripheral blood leukocytosis. The mortality rate of elderly ABM remains high, and the presence of shock and seizures are important prognostic factors. |
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spelling | pubmed-32826772012-02-21 Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study Lai, Wei-An Chen, Shu-Fang Tsai, Nai-Wen Chang, Chiung-Chih Chang, Wen-Neng Lu, Cheng-Hsien Chuang, Yao-Chung Chien, Chun-Chih Huang, Chi-Ren BMC Geriatr Research Article BACKGROUND: To examine the clinical characteristics of bacterial meningitis in elderly patients. METHODS: 261 patients with adult bacterial meningitis (ABM), collected during a study period of 11 years (2000-2010), were included for study. Among them, 87 patients aged ≥ 65 years and were classified as the elderly group. The clinical and laboratory characteristics and prognostic factors were analyzed, and a clinical comparison with those of non-elderly ABM patients was also made. RESULTS: The 87 elderly ABM patients were composed of 53 males and 34 females, aged 65-87 years old (median = 71 years). Diabetes mellitus (DM) was the most common underlying condition (34%), followed by end stage renal disease (7%), alcoholism (4%) and malignancies (4%). Fever was the most common clinical manifestation (86%), followed by altered consciousness (62%), leukocytosis (53%), hydrocephalus (38%), seizure (30%), bacteremia (21%) and shock (11%). Thirty-nine of these 87 elderly ABM patients had spontaneous infection, while the other 48 had post-neurosurgical infection. Forty-four patients contracted ABM in a community-acquired state, while the other 43, a nosocomial state. The therapeutic results of the 87 elderly ABM patients were that 34 patients expired and 53 patients survived. The comparative results of the clinical and laboratory characteristics between the elderly and non-elderly ABM patients showed that only peripheral blood leukocytosis was significant. Presence of shock and seizure were significant prognostic factors of elderly ABM patients. CONCLUSIONS: Elderly ABM patients accounted for 34.8% of the overall ABM cases, and this relatively high incidence rate may signify the future burden of ABM in the elderly population in Taiwan. The relative frequency of implicated pathogens of elderly ABM is similar to that of non-elderly ABM. Compared with non-elderly patients, the elderly ABM patients have a significantly lower incidence of peripheral blood leukocytosis. The mortality rate of elderly ABM remains high, and the presence of shock and seizures are important prognostic factors. BioMed Central 2011-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3282677/ /pubmed/22204457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-91 Text en Copyright ©2011 Lai et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lai, Wei-An Chen, Shu-Fang Tsai, Nai-Wen Chang, Chiung-Chih Chang, Wen-Neng Lu, Cheng-Hsien Chuang, Yao-Chung Chien, Chun-Chih Huang, Chi-Ren Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study |
title | Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study |
title_full | Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study |
title_fullStr | Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study |
title_short | Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study |
title_sort | clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282677/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22204457 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-91 |
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