title: Does antimicrobial usage before meningitis lead to a higher risk of adult postsurgical Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis than that of Enterobacteriaceae meningitis?
abstract: Acinetobacter baumannii and Enterobacteriaceae are two pathogens responsible for postneurosurgical meningitis. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the factors that influenced the outcomes in patients with postneurosurgical meningitis caused by A. baumannii and Enterobacteriaceae. Patients with post-surgical meningitis were identified from infection control committee charts between 2007 and 2015. Subjects over 16 years old who had positive cerebral spinal fluid cultures for A. baumannii or Enterobacteriaceae were enrolled in the study. Clinical and laboratory data for 30 patients with A. baumannii meningitis were compared with those of 12 patients with Enterobacteriaceae meningitis. The mean age of patients was 51.9 years and 57.1% were male. Eleven patients had comorbidities, the most common being diabetes mellitus. Most patients were due to intracranial haemorrhage (78.6%). The rate of the patients who received an appropriate antimicrobial therapy was 35.7%, and the crude mortality rate was 64.3%. In univariate analysis, previous antibiotic use, an infection before meningitis and mechanical ventilation had an increased risk of A. baumannii meningitis. Moreover, intrathecal antimicrobial use, inappropriate empirical antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance and alanine aminotransferase elevation were significantly higher in patients with A. baumannii meningitis than in those with Enterobacteriaceae meningitis. Antimicrobial use before meningitis (8.84 times) and mechanical ventilation (7.28 times) resulted in an increased risk of A. baumannii meningitis. None of the results affected 30-day mortality. Avoidance of unnecessarily prolonged antimicrobial usage may help to prevent a selection of A. baumannii.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hayati
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demiraslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ulutabanca
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Baris Derya
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Ercal
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Metan
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alp
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D020814:Meningitis, Escherichia coli / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents