Table 3 Breakdown of microbiological aetiology and certainty of diagnosis
Diagnosis | Organism | Certainty | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Proven | Probable | Possible | ||
Viral meningitis | Total | 14 | 1 | 2 |
Herpes simplex virus 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Enterovirus | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Varicella zoster virus | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Epstein Barr virus | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mumps virus | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Bacterial meningitis | Total | 23 | 5 | 0 |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 7 | 4 | 0 | |
Neisseria meningitidis | 8 | 1 | 0 | |
Listeria monocytogenes | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Streptococcus pyogenes | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Haemophilus influenzae | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Eschericia coli | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mixed | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Encephalitis | Total | 8 | 6 | 1 |
Herpes simplex virus 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
Cytomegalovirus | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Human herpes virus 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Varicella zoster virus | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
HIV | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
TBM | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 4 | 2 | 13 |
Peripheral neuropathy | Total | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Herpes simplex virus 1&2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Cytomegalovirus | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Varicella zoster virus | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Salmonella typhi | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
HIV | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Retinitis | Total | 4 | 3 | 0 |
Cytomegalovirus | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Varicella zoster virus | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Cerebral abscess | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Aspergillus sp. | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Nocardia sp. | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Other syndromes | ||||
Syphilis | Treponema pallidum | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Toxoplasmosis | Toxoplasma gondii | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Cysticercosis | Taenia solium | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Crytococcal meningitis | Cryptococcus neoformans | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Lyme disease | Borrelia burgdoferi | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Optic neuropathy | HIV | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Myelopathy | HIV | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Cerebral vasculitis | HIV | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Antiretroviral drug reaction | HIV | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Stroke, septic embolus | Group C Streptococcus | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grand Totals | 57 | 44 | 20 | |