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Volume 25, Number 12—December 2019
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Streptococcus suis–Associated Meningitis, Bali, Indonesia, 2014–2017

Ni Made Susilawathi, Ni Made Adi Tarini, Ni Nengah Dwi Fatmawati, Putu I.B. Mayura, Anak Agung Ayu Suryapraba, Made Subrata, Anak Agung Raka Sudewi, and Gusti Ngurah MahardikaComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

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Table 2

Clinical signs and outcomes of patients with confirmed Streptococcus suis meningitis, Sanglah Provincial Referral Hospital, Bali, Indonesia, 2014–2017

Variable No. (%) patients
Sign
Fever 40 (90.9)
Neck stiffness 38 (86.4)
Altered mental status 38 (86.4)
Headache 36 (81.8)
Nausea/vomiting 13 (29.5)
Septic shock 5 (11.4)
Sensorineural hearing loss 4 (9.1)
Seizure 3 (6.8)
Ataxia 3 (6.8)
Hemiparesis 3 (6.8)
Septic arthritis
2 (4.5)
Definitive diagnosis S. suis acute bacterial meningitis with:
No complications 34 (77.3)
Septic shock 5 (11.4)
Deafness 3 (6.8)
Signs of relapse* 2 (4.5)
Deafness and arthritis
1 (2.3)
Outcome
Full recovery 32 (72.7)
Moderate disability 7 (15.9)
Death 5 (11.4)

*Relapsed meningitis: not recovered after 14 d treatment, but responded well after prolonged (3 weeks) ceftriaxone treatment.

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