Abstract:Introduction: High mortality rate of meningitis has been reported in Kuwait, however, limited data is available describing this disease in adult patients. With this background, we conducted a prospective study on patients admitted with meningitis, with an objective to describe the risk factors, clinical presentation, disease course and outcome; focus given on diagnostic problems and consequent management difficulties.
Methods: Our team diagnosed, managed and documented hospital records of patients (n=44)… Show more
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