title: Postsurgical meningitis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii associated with high mortality.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Neurosurgery and Neonatology, St. Lesley School of Nursing, Nove Zamky, Slovakia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huttova
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Freybergh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rudinsky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sramka
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kisac
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ondrusova
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents