Background This study aimed to determine if the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cell count is useful for predicting the infection severity or prognosis in Japanese adults with community-acquired bacterial meningitis. Methodology This study retrospectively evaluated the prognosis of patients diagnosed with community-acquired bacterial meningitis at our hospital from January 2004 to December 2021 using the modified Rankin scale (mRs) (Showa General Hospital; N = 39). Patients were classified into the following two groups: (i) favorable (mRs: 0-3) and (ii) unfavorable (mRs: 4-6). Eight factors were selected and compared with outcomes, and then two factors were evaluated from those, and a multivariate logistic regression was used to determine the significant variables. Results CSF cell count was observed to be associated with poor prognoses (odds ratio (OR) = 0.86, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.99995-0.99999, p = 0.0012). Glasgow coma scale (GCS) score on admission was also observed to be associated with poor prognoses (OR = 0.93, 95% CI = 0.89145-0.97290, p = 0.0029). Conclusions Low CSF cell count and low GCS on admission were observed as risk factors for poor prognoses in patients with bacterial meningitis.
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