Pérez-Yarza E G, Ruíz Benito C, Zudaire J, Solórzano C, Pérez Trallero E
An Esp Pediatr. 1980 May;13(5):381-90.
Authors report results of treatment of 295 cases of CNS infection, of which 220 were bacterial meningitis and 75 viral meningitis. Positive cultures wre obtained in 62% of bacterial meningitis (122 "Neisseria meningitidis", eight "Pneumococci", three "Haemophylus influenzae" type B and three "M. tuberculosis"). Mortality in bacterial meningitis was 9%, and only 2% in viral meningitis. The main epidemiological, clinical and laboratory data are discussed.
