Neuroinfections complicating foreign body implants after perinatal trauma or meningitis in 60 children.
Meningitis after artificial implants in 60 children, mainly after foreign body infections (FBI) was caused more frequently by coagulase negative staphylococci and Ps. aeruginosa than other organisms and was significantly associated with perinatal trauma, hydrocephalus, haemorrhage or VLBW and had more neurologic sequels despite mortality was similar to other nosocomial meningitis.
Rudinsky
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School of Medicine and School of Health, Department of Neurology, Bratislava, Kosice, Banska Bystrica, Nitra, Slovakia.
Bauer
F
F
Kalavsky
M
M
Huttova
M
M
Sramka
M
M
Kalavsky
E
E
Benca
J
J
Karvaj
M
M
Jarcuska
P
P
Liskova
A
A
Kralinsky
K
K
Ondrusova
A
A
Taziarova
M
M
Pevalova
L
L
Kovac
M
M
Miklosko
Jozef
J
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000150:complications; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*