Cognitive outcome in adults after bacterial meningitis Martine Hoogman, M.Sc., 1 Diederik van de Beek, M.D. Ph.D., 1 Martijn Weisfelt, M.D., Ph.D., 1 Jan de Gans, M.D., Ph.D., 1 Ben Schmand, Ph.D. 1,2 Departments of Neurology 1 , Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Department of Psychology 2 , University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Address correspondence: Diederik van de Beek Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center University of Amsterdam P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam The Netherlands Telephone +31205663842, Fax +31205669374 Email: d.vandebeek@amc.uva.nl Word count: 3200 Key words: bacterial meningitis, neuropsychological tests, adults, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis The Corresponding Author has the right to grant on behalf of all authors and does grant on behalf of all authors, an exclusive licence (or non-exclusive for government employees) on a worldwide basis to the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and its Licensees to permit this article to be published in Journal Of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry editions and any other BMJPGL products to exploit all subsidiary rights, as set out in our licence http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/ifora/licence.pdf JNNP Online First, published on March 12, 2007 as 10.1136/jnnp.2006.110023 Copyright Article author (or their employer) 2007. Produced by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd under licence. group.bmj.com on November 20, 2015 - Published by http://jnnp.bmj.com/ Downloaded from