OBJECTIVE: To determine the causative organisms and characteristics of patients presenting with features of meningitis. DESIGN: A prospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: Two tertiary university-affiliated hospitals in Harare, Zimbabwe. PATIENTS: Four-hundred and six patients clinically suspected to have meningitis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Causative organisms of meningitis; clinical and cerebrospinal fluid characteristics. RESULTS: Four-hundred and six predominantly adult (95% were aged > or = 18 years) patients were suspected to have meningitis. Of the 200 patients confirmed to have meningitis, 89 (45%) had cryptococcal meningitis (CM), 54 (27%) had mononuclear meningitis (MM), 31 (16%) had pyogenic meningitis (PM), 24 (12%) had tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and 2 (1%) had undefined meningitis. HIV seropositivity was 100% in CM, 83% in MM, 81% in PM and 88% in TBM patients. In-hospital mortality rate was 38.8% for CM, 34.9% for MM, 68% for PM and 66.7% for TBM. HIV seropositivity was 80% in the 206 patients not found to have meningitis. CONCLUSIONS: All patients suspected to have meningitis had a high HIV sero positivity irrespective of whether they were later confirmed to have meningitis or not. CM was the most common type of meningitis seen. In-hospital mortality was high irrespective of the cause of meningitis.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the causative organisms and characteristics of patients presenting with features of meningitis. DESIGN: A prospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: Two tertiary university-affiliated hospitals in Harare, Zimbabwe. PATIENTS: Four-hundred and six patients clinically suspected to have meningitis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Causative organisms of meningitis; clinical and cerebrospinal fluid characteristics. RESULTS: Four-hundred and six predominantly adult (95% were aged > or = 18 years) patients were suspected to have meningitis. Of the 200 patients confirmed to have meningitis, 89 (45%) had cryptococcal meningitis (CM), 54 (27%) had mononuclear meningitis (MM), 31 (16%) had pyogenic meningitis (PM), 24 (12%) had tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and 2 (1%) had undefined meningitis. HIV seropositivity was 100% in CM, 83% in MM, 81% in PM and 88% in TBM patients. In-hospital mortality rate was 38.8% for CM, 34.9% for MM, 68% for PM and 66.7% for TBM. HIV seropositivity was 80% in the 206 patients not found to have meningitis. CONCLUSIONS: All patients suspected to have meningitis had a high HIV sero positivity irrespective of whether they were later confirmed to have meningitis or not. CM was the most common type of meningitis seen. In-hospital mortality was high irrespective of the cause of meningitis.
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