Etiology of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in children at a tertiary-care centre in Montreal, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to identify the bacteria responsible for community-acquired bacterial meningitis in infants and children.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study including children aged 1 day to 18 years with confirmed bacterial meningitis, evaluated at a tertiary-care, Canadian emergency department between 2014 and 2022. The primary outcome was the pathogen identified. Other variables of interest were complications, age, and diagnostic method. Medical charts were reviewed by a co-investigator and 25% were assessed in duplicate.

Results

All 79 eligible cases were included. The main causal agents were Group B Streptococcus (GBS) (n = 20; 25%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (n = 16; 20%), Neisseria meningitidis (n = 16; 20%), and Hae

SUBMITTER: Besner AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12122206 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature