retrospective study of 14 cases of staphylococcus aureus meningitis and of data from the literature shows that this as yet infrequent disease which carries a high mortality rate ( 40 % ) is always related to neurosurgery , primary or iatrogenic septicemia , or local infection , usually in the lumbar area ( spinal , abscess , spondylitis ) .
C0012634
disease
C0009450
infection