Bacterial meningoencephalitis in Guantanamo children. Your behavior during 2007-2013

A retrospective longitudinal descriptive study was carried out to determine the behavior of children with bacterial meningoencephalitis at the Pediatric Hospital "Pedro A. Pérez" in the period from 2007 to 2013. The study universe was composed of 58 patients. We studied a series of variables such as: behavior by age, age, main symptoms and signs at admission, evolution in intensive care, and prognosis. The data were collected from the medical records. The main results were: 2009 was the year of greatest morbidity, infants were the most affected, the main symptoms were: fever, headache and vomiting; electrolytic disorders and shock were the main complications and the favorable evolution prevailed. Conclusions and recommendations were issued.