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Enterococcal Meningitis: A Clinical Study of 39 Cases and Review of the Literature Medicine 82:346-364, Pintado,V.,et al, 2003 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract To describe the clinical features and outcome of enterococcal meningitis, we retrospectively reviewed the charts of 39 cases seen at 2 tertiary hospitals during 25 years and collected 101 additional, previously reported cases for review. Among these 140 cases, there were 82 cases (59%) of postoperative meningitis and 58 cases (41%) of spontaneous meningitis. Eight-six patients (61%) were adults and 54 (39%) were children. Patients with spontaneous meningitis had a higher frequency of community-acquired infection (50% versus 18%; p < 0.01), severe underlying diseases (67% versus 22%; p < 0.01), and associated enterococcal infection (29% versus 8%; p < 0.01) than patients with postoperative meningitis.

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