Suppurative Meningitis in the Infectious Diseases Clinic - Etiology, Clinic, Laboratory, Course and Outcome

Abstract

Suppurative meningitis is a bacterial infection of the meninges, which are the protective membranes for the brain and spinal cord, resulting in inflammation[1]. Bacterial meningitis is most commonly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis and continues to pose a major public health threat. The morbidity and mortality of meningitis depend on the uncontrolled inflammatory response of the infected person or host [2]. The purpose of this paper is to present the epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features of cases with bacterial meningitis treated at the Infectious Diseases Clinic within the studied period January 2021 – December 2022. To present the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of cases treated at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Prishtina, Kosovo. The total number of patients with bacterial meningitis who received treatment at the Infectious Diseases Clinic during the period from January 2021 to December 2022 was 66. The number of cases was much higher in 2022 compared to 2021.