13 September 2022: Articles
A Challenging Case of Meningitis in a 64-Year-Old Woman Who Presented with Symptoms of Cerebellar Hemorrhage
Mistake in diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)
Akinori Sasaki A , Masao Horiuchi A , Eiji Hiraoka A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.937139
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e937139
Table 2. Incidence of intracranial hemorrhage as a complication in bacterial meningitis.
| Case, n | Stroke/ischemia, n (%) | ICH, n (%) | SAH, n (%) | ICH+SAH, n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan et al []14 | 87 | 18 (21) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (4.6) | 2 (2.2) |
| Jacob et al []17 | 152 | 15 (9.9) | 2 (1.3) | 1 (0.66) | 0 |
| Barry et al []18 | 860 | NR | 19 (2.2) | 5 (0.58) | 0 |
| Pfister et al []19 | 86 | 9 (10.5) | 2 (2.3) | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1185 | 42 (out of 325) (12.9) | 25 (2.1) | 10 (0.84) | 2 (0.17) |
| NR – not reported; ICH – intracranial hemorrhage; SAH – subarachnoid hemorrhage. | |||||