Urinary albumin excretion (AE) was determined by a sensitive method (below dipstick positive values, 15 to 300 mu;g/minute) in 68 children with meningitis during 48 hours after hospital admission; 51 children had bacterial meningitis (BM) and 17 had aseptic meningitis. AE (results as mean plusmn; SD) during 0 to 24 hours was higher (Ple; 0.001) in patients with BM (36 plusmn; 40 mu;g/minute) than with aseptic meningitis (7 plusmn; 5 mu;g/minute), albeit no cutoff value distinguished the two conditions accurately. In BM the clinical course (uneventful, intermediate, complicated, fatal) correlated with AE of 0 to 24 hours (r= 0.34,Ple; 0.05) and AE of 25 to
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