Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors in Patients With Meningitis at Sohag Governorate.

analyze the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors in patients with meningitis at Sohag Governorate .This is an ambidirectional (retrospective and prospective), hospital-based observational study. The study involves a retrospective review of patient records over the past 3 years, combined with a prospective recruitment of new patients for one year from the initiation of the study

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Key information

Conditions

Meningitis Nervous System Diseases Neuroinflammatory Diseases

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Sohag Fever Hospital

Sohag, Egypt, 20

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

All patients diagnosed with meningitis admitted to Sohag Fever Hospital during the study period.
Patients of all age groups and both sexes.
Patients with confirmed diagnosis based on clinical features and CSF analysis.

Exclusion criteria

Patients with incomplete medical records.
Patients with uncertain diagnosis of meningitis.
Patients discharged against medical advice before completion of evaluation.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

All-cause in-hospital mortality

Time frame: From hospital admission until hospital discharge, up to 30 days.

Death from any cause occurring during hospitalization, reported as the number and percentage of participants who died during hospital admission.

Secondary outcomes

Recovery without neurological sequelae at hospital discharge

Time frame: From hospital admission until hospital discharge, up to 30 days.

Number and percentage of participants who recover from meningitis without documented neurological sequelae at hospital discharge.
Neurological sequelae at hospital discharge

Time frame: From hospital admission until hospital discharge, up to 30 days.

Number and percentage of participants with documented neurological sequelae related to meningitis at hospital discharge.
In-hospital complications

Time frame: From hospital admission until hospital discharge, up to 30 days.

Number and percentage of participants who develop complications during hospitalization, with the type of complication recorded.

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Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sohag University

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Registry information

Official study title

Analyze of Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors in Patients With Meningitis at Sohag Governorate

Important dates

Study start: 2026
Primary completion: 2027
Study completion: 2027
First posted: Aug 17, 2026
Registry last updated: Aug 17, 2026

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