PMID: 5173731Mar 1, 1971Paper

Forty-seven cases of pyogenic meningitis in adults in Korle Bu Hospital, Accra

Ghana Medical Journal
D R Haddock

Abstract

Forty-seven cases of pyogenic meningitis treated at Korle Bu Hospital are described. Twenty-two were pneumococcal and in the other 25 no organisms were isolated from the C.S.F. The mortality rate was high (62%). Late presentation, extracerebral sepsis and fulminant infection were common. Clinical features, reasons for the high mortality rate, treatment and possible measures to improve the situation are discussed.

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