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BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY
Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 324-328Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02688697.2019.1710819
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Nosocomial meningitis; gram-negative bacteria; multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria; hospital-acquired infection; outcome
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Background: Few data are available on the risk factors involved in nosocomial meningitis from multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB). Our aim was to identify the risk factors of prognosis for MDR-GNB nosocomial meningitis. Methods: Retrospective study of patients undergoing neurosurgery and with positive cerebrospinal fluid culture results post operation between January 2012 and January 2017 in a tertiary hospital in China. Results: In total, 3533 patients were screened. Forty patients with meningitis and completed data were included and divided into two groups, 29 who survived in the successful group (SG) and 11 who died in the failed group (FG). Statistically significant different factors involved in treating successful and failed were pathogen types, highest body temperature in the first 24h of symptoms, CSF glucose content and meropenem susceptibility (for Acinetobacter baumannii). The most common pathogen in the failed ones is Acinetobacter baumannii with meropenem MIC >= 16mg/L. Conclusions: Treatment of MDR-GNB nosocomial meningitis is more likely to fail in patients with severe condition when symptoms occur and infected by Acinetobacter baumannii. Researches with larger population are needed to find more factors to improve patient outcome.
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