Outcome in patients with bacterial meningitis presenting with a minimal Glasgow Coma Scale score

Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lucas, Marjolein J ^a   Brouwer, Matthijs C ^a   Van Der Ende, Arie ^a   Van De Beek, Diederik ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOCORIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORNEA REFLEX; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPONATREMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEIZURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA;

EID: 84957841570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23327812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000009     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. van de Beek D, Brouwer MC, Thwaites GE, Tunkel AR. Advances in treatment of bacterial meningitis. Lancet. 2012; 380: 1693-1702.
2. McIntyre PB, O Brien KL, Greenwood B, van de Beek D. Effect of vaccines on bacterial meningitis worldwide. Lancet. 2012; 380: 1703-1711.
3. Brouwer MC, Tunkel AR, van de Beek D. Epidemiology, diagnosis, and antimicrobial treatment of acute bacterial meningitis. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2010; 23: 467-492.
4. Kastenbauer S, Pfister HW. Pneumococcal meningitis in adults: spectrum of complications and prognostic factors in a series of 87 cases. Brain. 2003; 126: 1015-1025.
5. van de Beek D, de Gans J, Spanjaard L, Weisfelt M, Reitsma JB, Vermeulen M. Clinical features and prognostic factors in adults with bacterial meningitis. N Engl J Med. 2004; 351: 1849-1859.
6. Weisfelt M, van de Beek D, Spanjaard L, Reitsma JB, de Gans J. A risk score for unfavorable outcome in adults with bacterial meningitis. Ann Neurol. 2008; 63: 90-97.
7. van de Beek D, Weisfelt M, de Gans J, Tunkel AR, Wijdicks EF. Drug Insight: adjunctive therapies in adults with bacterial meningitis. Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2006; 2: 504-516.
8. van de Beek D, de Gans J, Tunkel AR, Wijdicks EF. Community-Acquired bacterial meningitis in adults. N Engl J Med. 2006; 354: 44-53.
9. Mook-Kanamori BB, Geldhoff M, van der Poll T, van de Beek D. Pathogenesis and pathophysiology of pneumococcal meningitis. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2011; 24: 557-591.
10. van de Beek D. Progress and challenges in bacterial meningitis. Lancet. 2012; 380: 1623-1624.
11. Teasdale G, Jennett B. Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet. 1974; 2: 81-84.
12. Jennett B, Teasdale G, Braakman R, Minderhoud J, Knill-Jones R. Predicting outcome in individual patients after severe head injury. Lancet. 1976; 1: 1031-1034.
13. Spanos A, Harrell FE Jr, Durack DT. Differential diagnosis of acute meningitis An analysis of the predictive value of initial observations. JAMA. 1989; 262: 2700-2707.
14. van de Beek D, de Gans J, Spanjaard L, Vermeulen M, Dankert J. Antibiotic guidelines and antibiotic use in adult bacterial meningitis in The Netherlands. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2002; 49: 661-666.
15. Schut ES, Lucas MJ, Brouwer MC, Vergouwen MD, van der Ende A, van de Beek D. Cerebral infarction in adults with bacterial meningitis. Neurocrit Care. 2012; 16: 421-427.
16. Kasanmoentalib ES, Brouwer MC, van der Ende A, van de Beek D. Hydrocephalus in adults with community-Acquired bacterial meningitis. Neurology. 2010; 75: 918-923.
17. Jim KK, Brouwer MC, van der Ende A, van de Beek D. Cerebral abscesses in patients with bacterial meningitis. J Infect. 2012; 64: 236-238.
18. Jim KK, Brouwer MC, van der Ende A, van de Beek D. Subdural empyema in bacterial meningitis. Neurology. 2012; 79: 2133-2139.
19. Lindvall P, Ahlm C, Ericsson M, Gothefors L, Naredi S, Koskinen LO. Reducing intracranial pressure may increase survival among patients with bacterial meningitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2004; 38: 384-390.
20. Abulhasan YB, Al-Jehani H, Valiquette MA, et al. Lumbar drainage for the treatment of severe bacterial meningitis. Neurocrit Care. 2013; 19: 199-205.
21. Zoons E, Weisfelt M, de Gans J, et al. Seizures in adults with bacterial meningitis. Neurology. 2008; 70: 2109-2115.
22. Durand ML, Calderwood SB, Weber DJ, et al. Acute bacterial meningitis in adults. A review of 493 episodes. N Engl J Med. 1993; 328: 21-28.
23. Sigurdardottir B, Bjornsson OM, Jonsdottir KE, Erlendsdottir H, Gudmundsson S. Acute bacterial meningitis in adults A 20-year overview. Arch Intern Med. 1997; 157: 425-430.
24. Brouwer MC, Thwaites GE, Tunkel AR, van de Beek D. Dilemmas in the diagnosis of acute community-Acquired bacterial meningitis. Lancet. 2012; 380: 1684-1692.