Decline in the number of patients with meningitis in German hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-577383
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.57738

Völk, Stefanie ; Pfirrmann, Markus ; Koedel, Uwe ; Pfister, Hans-Walter ; Lang, Thomas ; Scheibe, Franziska ; Salih, Farid

; Herzig-Nichtweiss, Julia

; Zimmermann, Julian

; Alonso, Angelika ; Wittstock, Matthias ; Totzeck, Andreas ; Schramm, Patrick

; Schirotzek, Ingo ; Onur, Oezguer A. ; Pelz, Johann Otto

; Ottomeyer, Caroline ; Luger, Sebastian ; Barlinn, Kristian ; Binder, Tobias ; Wöbker, Gabriele

; Reimann, Gernot ; Urbanek, Christian ; Heckelmann, Jan ; Lochner, Piergiorgio

; Berghoff, Martin ; Schönenberger, Silvia ; Neumann, Bernhard

; Niesen, Wolf-Dirk ; Dohmen, Christian ; Huttner, Hagen B. ; Günther, Albrecht ; Klein, Matthias

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Abstract

Background and objectives In 2020, a wide range of hygiene measures was implemented to mitigate infections caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In consequence, pulmonary infections due to other respiratory pathogens also decreased. Here, we evaluated the number of bacterial and viral meningitis and encephalitis cases during the coronavirus disease 2019 ...