Risk Factors and Comorbidity in Patients with Bacterial Meningitis

Abstract

Introduction. Bacterial meningitis is a severe disease with high mortality and frequent residual neurological sequelae. It is associated with multiple risk factors. The aim of the study was to establish the main risk factors associated with bacterial meningitis and to outline the incidence of chronic diseases in patients with bacterial meningitis and their relationship to the patients’ age and etiology of meningitis, if any.

Keywords

• bacterial meningitis
• etiology
• risk factors
• comorbidity