1.
Neuro Endocrinol Lett
; 28 Suppl 4: 18-9, 2007 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18030252
ABSTRACT
Etiology, risk factors, treatment and outcome of 21 cases of bacterial meningitis diagnosed in excessive alcohol consumers within 5 years of national community acquired meningitis survey in Slovakia is reported.
Subject(s)
Alcoholism/complications , Alcoholism/epidemiology , Meningitis, Bacterial/complications , Meningitis, Bacterial/epidemiology , Adult , Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology , Health Surveys , Humans , Male , Meningitis, Pneumococcal/complications , Meningitis, Pneumococcal/epidemiology , Risk Factors , Slovakia/epidemiology , Treatment Outcome
2.
Neuro Endocrinol Lett
; 28 Suppl 3: 27, 2007 Nov.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18030273
ABSTRACT
Etiology and risk factors such as malnutrition, diabetes, otitis/sinusitis, alcohol abuse, tuberculosis, low birth weigh as well as mortality and neurologic sequellea in Roma ethnic minority with community acquired bacterial meningitis (CBM) was assessed and compared to all CBM cases.
