Recurrent community-acquired pneumococcal meningitis in adults with and without identified predisposing factors
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Bacterial meningitis is still a significant public health concern, with high morbidity and mortality rates. Despite this, it is still a rare event that requires the bacterial invasion of the meninges. However, some predisposing factors can trigger recurrent episodes of meningitis. This study is aimed at determining the clinical characteristics and the molecular epidemiology of episodes of recurrent community-acquired meningitis with and without predisposing factors. For this purpose, we performed a retrospective study of our laboratory database during the period of 2010 to 2020. Additionally, using molecular tools developed in our previous works, the epidemiology of the pathogens causing these episodes was analyzed using cerebrospinal fluid samples, especially in the absence of isolated strains. We observed a total of 1,779 meningitis cases and 230 were caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Of those, 16 were recurrent meningitis episodes (16/1,779; 0.9%) from seven patients. Pneumococcus was the main agent responsible in these recurrent episodes and only two episodes were caused by Haemophilus influenzae. The mean age of these patients was 20 years old and three had predisposing factors which could have led to contracting meningitis. The samples presented different pneumococcal serotypes. Most of them were non-vaccine-covered serotypes and antibiotic susceptible strains. Therefore, it was demonstrated how the practical employment of molecular tools, developed for research, when applied in the routine of diagnosis, can provide important information for epidemiological surveillance. Furthermore, it was shown how pneumococcus was the leading cause of recurrent community-acquired meningitis without predisposing factors, suggesting that pneumococcal vaccination may be necessary, even in those groups of individuals considered to be less susceptible.
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Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology - (2024) vom: 05. März |
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Englisch |
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Cergole-Novella, Maria Cecilia [VerfasserIn] |
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