ABSTRACT

In this study we evaluate our aseptic meningitis patients regarding age group, sex, clinic sign of meningitis, recovery time of disease, patients hospital length of stay, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings.

During the period of June-August 2009 in Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Clinics of Pediatry, 29 aseptic meningitis patients were treated and retrospectively evaluated epidemiologically, clinically and laboratory findings (CSF microscopic and biochemical evaluation).

All patients were between 1 month and 10 year old and mean age was 4.67±2.84 year old. 22 of patients (75.9%) are male, 7 of patients (24.1%) are female. Male/female ratio was calculated as 3.15. Complaints of patients who were admitted to the hospital were fever (89.7%), nausea-vomiting (82.89%) and headache (%65.5). In the physical examination 79.3% of patients had got meningeal irritation findings (neck sifness, Kernig sing, Brudzinski phenomenon). Only 1 patient had ataxic walking.

The length of aseptic meningitis patients hospital stay depends on patients’ clinic recovery more than CSF findings recovery. CSF findings recovery may took more time than clinic recovery time. In our evaluation the aseptic meningitis patients’ hospital discharge is more dependent on clinic recovery than the CSF findings recovery.

Keywords: Aseptic meningitis, summer, child, recovery time