Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Are at Higher Risk for Meningitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The epidemiology of meningitis is unknown in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients.

Goals

We aimed to determine the incidence of and risk factors for meningitis in IBD patients.

Study

We conducted a retrospective cohort and nested case-control study in the Quintiles IMS Legacy PharMetrics Adjudicated Claims Database from January 2001 to June 2016. We matched IBD patients to those without IBD on age, sex, enrollment, and region. Meningitis was defined as one code for meningitis associated with an emergency department visit or hospitalization. Meningitis risk was calculated with incidence rate ratios. In a nested case-control study of IBD patients, predictors for meningitis were determined with multivariable conditional logistic regression models.

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SUBMITTER: Kochar B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7704607 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature