Cognitive outcome in adults after bacterial meningitis

Authors :: Diederik van de Beek
Martijn Weisfelt
Jan de Gans
Martine Hoogman
Ben Schmand
AII - Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity
ANS - Amsterdam Neuroscience
Neurology
AMS - Amsterdam Movement Sciences
Brein en Cognitie (Psychologie, FMG)
Source :: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, 78(10), 1092-1096. BMJ Publishing Group, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 78, 10, pp. 1092-6, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 78, 1092-6, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 78, 1092-1096. BMJ Publishing Group, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
Publication Year :: 2007
Publisher :: BMJ, 2007.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 51936.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) OBJECTIVE: To evaluate cognitive outcome in adult survivors of bacterial meningitis. METHODS: Data from three prospective multicentre studies were pooled and reanalysed, involving 155 adults surviving bacterial meningitis (79 after pneumococcal and 76 after meningococcal meningitis) and 72 healthy controls. RESULTS: Cognitive impairment was found in 32% of patients and this proportion was similar for survivors of pneumococcal and meningococcal meningitis. Survivors of pneumococcal meningitis performed worse on memory tasks (p

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