23 March 2024: Clinical Research
Etiology, Clinical Presentation, and Outcomes of Bacterial Meningitis in Adult Patients: A Retrospective Study in Lithuania (2018–2021)
Greta Rynkevič 1BCDEF* , Emilijus Žilinskas 1BCDEF , Dovilė Streckytė 1ADEF , Daiva Radzišauskienė 2AE , Rūta Mameniškienė 3ADEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.942904
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e942904
Table 4 Hospitalization characteristics and outcomes of bacterial meningitis patient.
| Characteristic | L. monocyto-genes (n=17) | N. meningitidis (n=16) | S. pneumoniae (n=16) | S. aureus (n=5) | H. influenzae (n=2) | G+ cocci (n=1) | Unknown origin (n=29) | Total (n=86) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Need of intensive care, n (%) | 14 (82.4) | 11 (68.8) | 15 (93.8) | 4 (80) | 1 (50) | 1 (100) | 18 (62.1) | 64 (74.4) | 0.290 |
| Duration of hospitalization in ICU in days, n, median (IQR) | 6 (1–26) | 3 (1–18) | 6 (2–18) | 10 (6–27) | 2 | 2 | 3 (1–37) | 4 (1–37) | 0.089 |
| Total duration of hospitalization in days, n, median (IQR) | 46 (21–89) | 13 (3–56) | 28 (5–61) | 17 (13–92) | 18 (14–23) | – | 15 (6–65) | 19 (3–92) | |
| Administration of glucocortico-steroids, n (%) | 6 (35.3) | 14 (87.5) | 10 (62.5) | 2 (40) | 2 (100) | 1 (100) | 19 (65.5) | 54 (62.8) | 0.049 |
| Death – n (%) | 4 (23.5) | 0 (0) | 2 (12.5) | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 3 (10.3) | 12 (13.9) | 0.035 |
| n – number of patients; ICU – Intensive Care Unit; IQR – interquartile range. | |||||||||