Rosen E U, Davis M D
S Afr Med J. 1980 Dec 20;58(25):1004-6.
A study undertaken to determine whether there is any association between nutritional status and bacterial meningitis showed that of 304 children with bacterial meningitis seen in a 2-year period at Baragwanath Hospital, only 20,4% had protein energy malnutrition (PEM), whereas 34% of all children admitted had avert malnutrition. Relating these figures to the nutritional status of the population served by this hospital showed that the prevalence of PEM in children with meningitis did not differ from that in the community in which they lived. Possible reasons for the absence of an association between PEM and malnutrition are discussed.
一项旨在确定营养状况与细菌性脑膜炎之间是否存在关联的研究表明，在巴拉格瓦纳特医院两年期间接诊的304例细菌性脑膜炎患儿中，仅有20.4%患有蛋白质能量营养不良（PEM），而所有入院患儿中有34%存在营养不良。将这些数据与该医院所服务人群的营养状况相关联后发现，脑膜炎患儿中PEM的患病率与他们所居住社区的患病率并无差异。文中讨论了PEM与营养不良之间不存在关联的可能原因。
