Postsurgical meningitis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii associated with high mortality.
Twenty five (25) cases of nosocomial postsurgical meningitis due to Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis were compared to other 146 cases of meningitis after surgery caused by other pathogens. Prior neurosurgical ventriculo-peritoneal shunt insertion and CNS abnormality as well as very low birth weight were significant risk factors for acquisition of Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis. Mortality - 40% among children with nosocomial meningitis was unacceptably high and significantly higher than among meningitis caused by microorganisms other than Acinetobacter baumannii.
Huttova
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Department of Neonatology, Neurosurgery and Neonatology, St. Lesley School of Nursing, Nove Zamky, Slovakia.
Freybergh
P F
PF
Rudinsky
B
B
Sramka
M
M
Kisac
P
P
Bauer
F
F
Ondrusova
A
A
D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight / Q000276:immunology; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents