ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2023
Hearing Loss in Bacterial Meningitis Revisited-Evolution and Recovery.
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- Detection of hearing loss by formal audiological testing after acute infectious meningitis: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Detection of sequelae from acute meningitis during clinical review by a healthcare provider: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
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- Predisposing Factors for Congenital Hearing Loss: A Comprehensive Systematic Review.Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2026Article
- Emergence of pneumococcal meningitis outbreak in Northern Togo in 2023, lessons learned and challenges.BMC public health · 2026Article
- [Pathophysiologically complex bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss in the setting of type 2 diabetes mellitus and fungal sepsis: a case report].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2026Article
- Corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy in acute meningitis: a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Review
- Right forearm wound and soft tissue abscess complicated with sepsis due to Streptococcus suis: a case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- From urinary tract infection to deafness: community-acquired meningitis in an adult caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae-a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- A case of an attic lesion presenting with unilateral hearing loss, diagnosed as a meningioma: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Review
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- Sensorineural hearing loss in Lyme neuroborreliosis.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Hearing loss and deafness are well-known sequelae from bacterial meningitis (ABM) and may result in social dysfunction and learning difficulties. Yet, the timely development of hearing loss and restitution is poorly studied, especially among adults. Hearing loss was revisited using otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) to determine the occurrence, magnitude, and development of hearing loss among adults with ABM. Methods: Distortion product OAEs were measured in patients with ABM the day of admission and days 2, 3, 5-7, and 10-14 and at follow-up 30-60 days after discharge. Frequencies were categorized as low (1, 1.5, 2 kHz), mid (3, 4, 5 kHz), mid-high (6, 7, 8 kHz), and high (9, 10 kHz). Audiometry was performed on discharge and 60 days after. Results were compared with 158 healthy controls. Results: OAE was obtained in 32 patients. ABM was due to Conclusions: Hearing loss in ABM still affects >60% of patients despite treatment with dexamethasone. In
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