Otitis in Patients With Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Otitis is commonly associated with community-acquired bacterial meningitis, but the role of ear surgery as treatment is debated. In this study, we investigated the impact of otitis and ear surgery on outcome of adults with community-acquired bacterial meningitis.

Methods

We analyzed episodes of adults with community-acquired bacterial meningitis from a nationwide prospective cohort study in the Netherlands, between March 2006 and July 2021.

Results

A total of 2548 episodes of community-acquired bacterial meningitis were evaluated. Otitis was present in 696 episodes (27%). In these patients the primary causative pathogen was Streptococcus pneumoniae (615 of 696 [88%]), followed by Streptococcus pyogenes (5%) and Haemophilus influenzae (4%). In 519 of 632 oti

SUBMITTER: Ranzenigo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11327785 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature