[Suppurative meningitis and meningoencephalitis in patients over 60 years of age]

The course of purulent meningoencephalitis is described in 16 patients aged over 60 years. The observation showed that in these patients the pattern of the clinical manifestations was atypical and the course of the disease was very severe, leading to death in 56% of cases. The authors stress that in this age group the results of the treatment depend on possibly early diagnosis and beginning of adequate therapy.