Hydrocephalus is a rare outcome in community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults: a retrospective analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Bacterial aetiology of community-acquired meningitis in North Denmark Region 1998-2010

Bacteriology:	Total
*Streptococcus pneumoniae* ^a	83
*Neisseria meningitidis*	47
Haemolytic streptococci groups A, B and G	9
*Staphylococcus aureus*	7
*Eschericia coli* ^a	6
*Listeria monocytogenes*	4
Non-haemolytic streptococci	2
*Haemophilus influenza*	2
*Enterococcus faecalis*	2
*Pasteurella multocida*	1
*Capnocytophaga canimorsus*	1
Gram positive cocci, species diagnosis not obtained	1
Sum:	165

148 were diagnosed by inclusion criterion 1, seven by inclusion criterion 2, eight by inclusion criterion 3 and two by inclusion criterion 4.
^a The bacterial aetiologies in the five cases with hydrocephalus were S. pneumoniae (3) and E. coli (2).

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