Martínez León M, García Martín F J, Martínez Marín M I, Martínez Valverde A
An Esp Pediatr. 1998 Mar;48(3):277-82.
The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the bacterial meningitis assisted in the Hospital Materno-Infantil of Complejo Hospitalario Carlos Haya of Malaga.
The epidemiological, clinical, biological and therapeutical aspects are analyzed between the period of January 1988 to December 1995.
The number of cases was 322, with the pathogen known in 240 (74.6%) and undetermined in 82 cases (24.6%). Meningococcal meningitis was the predominant cause with 162 cases (67.5%), followed by Haemophilus influenzae (40 cases, 16.7%) and pneumococcal meningitis (27 cases, 11.3%). Neisseria meningitidis type B was the most common serogroup, with an increasing number of type C from 1993.
本研究的目的是确定在马拉加卡洛斯·哈亚综合医院母婴医院接受治疗的细菌性脑膜炎的流行病学和临床特征。
分析1988年1月至1995年12月期间的流行病学、临床、生物学和治疗方面的情况。
病例数为322例，其中240例（74.6%）病原体已知，82例（24.6%）未确定。脑膜炎球菌性脑膜炎是主要病因，有162例（67.5%），其次是流感嗜血杆菌（40例，16.7%）和肺炎球菌性脑膜炎（27例，11.3%）。B型脑膜炎奈瑟菌是最常见的血清群，从1993年起C型的数量不断增加。
