Acute bacterial meningitis in Iran: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Hamidreza Houri, Ali Pormohammad, Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Mohammad Javad Nasiri, Fatemeh Fallah, Hossein Dabiri and Ramin Pouriran

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: Introduction: Bacterial meningitis persists in being a substantial cause of high mortality and severe neurological morbidity, despite the advances in antimicrobial therapy. Accurate data has not been available regarding the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis particularly in developing countries, yet. Indeed, the present systematic review provides a comprehensive data analysis on the prevalence and epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in Iran. Methods: We systematically reviewed articles from 1994 to 2015. The reports which contained the prevalence and etiology of acute bacterial meningitis by valid clinical and laboratory diagnosis were comprised in the present study. Results: Our analysis indicated that Streptococcus pneumoniae (30% [I2 = 56% p

Date: 2017
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