Hyperglycemia is not associated with mortality in bacterial meningitis.

An association between hyperglycemia and mortality from cerebral ischemia has been reported in both animals and man. Recently, a similar observation has been made in animals with bacterial meningitis. The present study of 83 patients with bacterial meningitis showed no association between initial serum glucose concentration and subsequent mortality. Therefore, no therapeutic recommendations regarding optimal blood glucose levels in patients with meningitis can be made at this time.

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Author William John Powers Hospital Neurology