Cognitive Impairment in Adults with Good Recovery after Bacterial Meningitis

Adults without neurologic sequelae after bacterial meningitis are supposed to live without restrictions. Neuropsychological outcome was assessed in 51 adults from a prospective cohort with good recovery, defined as Glasgow Outcome Scale score 5, after pneumococcal or meningococcal meningitis. Patien...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infectious diseases 2002-10, Vol.186 (7), p.1047-1052
Hauptverfasser: de Beek, Diederik van, Schmand, Ben, de Gans, Jan, Weisfelt, Martijn, Vaessen, Heleen, Dankert, Jacob, Vermeulen, Marinus
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Zusammenfassung:Adults without neurologic sequelae after bacterial meningitis are supposed to live without restrictions. Neuropsychological outcome was assessed in 51 adults from a prospective cohort with good recovery, defined as Glasgow Outcome Scale score 5, after pneumococcal or meningococcal meningitis. Patients who recovered well after pneumococcal meningitis showed cognitive slowness (P=.001). A cognitive disorder was found in 27% of these patients. Patients who previously had meningococcal meningitis were not significantly different from control subjects. Scores on general health and quality of life questionnaires revealed lower scores for patients with meningitis, which were related to cognitive slowing (R −0.46 to −0.38). In conclusion, adults surviving pneumococcal meningitis were at significant risk of neuropsychological abnormalities, even if they were clinically well recovered
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1086/344229