Clinical Characteristics, Microbiological Profile, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pyogenic Bacterial Meningitis in Adults Across Five Hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study

Hasan M Alshami, Fatemah Alzaghabi, Abdullah Al-Garni, Ibrahim Asiri, Tariq M Alshami

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.115108
Published: 2026-08-24
Container: Cureus
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.115108,
  title = {Clinical Characteristics, Microbiological Profile, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pyogenic Bacterial Meningitis in Adults Across Five Hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study},
  author = {Hasan M Alshami and Fatemah Alzaghabi and Abdullah Al-Garni and Ibrahim Asiri and Tariq M Alshami},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.115108},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.115108}
}

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TI  - Clinical Characteristics, Microbiological Profile, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pyogenic Bacterial Meningitis in Adults Across Five Hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
AU  - Hasan M Alshami
AU  - Fatemah Alzaghabi
AU  - Abdullah Al-Garni
AU  - Ibrahim Asiri
AU  - Tariq M Alshami
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.115108
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Alshami, H. M., Alzaghabi, F., Al-Garni, A., Asiri, I., & Alshami, T. M. (2026). Clinical Characteristics, Microbiological Profile, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Community-Acquired Pyogenic Bacterial Meningitis in Adults Across Five Hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.115108

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