Gender Differences in Community-acquired Meningitis in Adults: Clinical Presentations and Prognostic Factors
Received Date: Feb 03, 2016 / Accepted Date: Apr 01, 2016 / Published Date: Apr 08, 2016
Abstract
Community-acquired meningitis is a serious disease that is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the gender differences involved with the clinical presentations of and prognostic factors for this disease. We conducted a retrospective study of 619 adults diagnosed with community-acquired meningitis in Houston, Texas, who were hospitalized between 2005 and 2010. Patients were categorized as male or female. Those who were evaluated to have a Glasgow Outcome Scale score of four or less were classified to have an adverse clinical outcome. Males consisted of 47.2% (292/619) of the total cohort, and more often presented with coexisting medical conditions, fever, abnormal microbiology results, and abnormalities on head computed tomography. Females more often presented with nuchal rigidity. On logistic regression, fever, CSF glucose
Keywords: Gender differences; Meningitis; Community-acquired
Citation: Dharmarajan L, Salazar L, Hasbun R (2016) Gender Differences in Community-acquired Meningitis in Adults: Clinical Presentations and Prognostic Factors. J Meningitis 1:106. Doi: 10.4172/2572-2050.1000106
Copyright: ©2016 Dharmarajan L, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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