PEDIATRICS Vol. 80 No. 3 September 1987, pp. 342-343
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Acute Illnesses in the 2 Weeks After Hospitalization for Bacterial Meningitis

Keith R. Powell MD1, J. Owen Hendley MD1, Anne Gadomski MD1, Tarina Mendes MD1, and Jacob A. Lohr MD1

1 From the Departments of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, and University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville

The hospital records of 118 2-month-old to 3-year-old children who had been treated for bacterial meningitis were reviewed. Within 2 weeks after hospitalization, one fourth of the patients sought medical attention for an acute illness, but only one was treated for the possible relapse or recurrence of meningitis. Because only five of the 113 patients with available follow-up information required a diagnostic lumbar puncture procedure, it is not recommended that a lumbar puncture be performed following treatment of bacterial meningitis to provide end-of-treatment baseline information.

Key Words: lumbar puncture • bacterial meningitis

Submitted on October 20, 1986
Accepted on December 9, 1986