Nosocomial postneurosurgical Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis: a retrospective study of six cases admitted to Hamad General Hospital, Qatar.

Authors :: Khan FY
Abukhattab M
Baager K
Source :: The Journal of hospital infection [J Hosp Infect] 2012 Feb; Vol. 80 (2), pp. 176-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Dec 06.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: This article reports six cases of nosocomial Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis in patients who had undergone neurosurgical procedures with placing of external ventricular drains. The mean time between surgery and onset of infection was 27 days [standard deviation (SD) 14] Multi-drug resistance was observed in three cases (50%) and carbapenem resistance was noted in two cases (33%). All patients had received empirical antibiotics and these were appropriate in five cases (83%). The mean duration of antimicrobial treatment was 12.5 (SD 2.4) days. Two of the six patients (33%) died in hospital.<br /> (Copyright © 2011 The Healthcare Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Acinetobacter Infections microbiology
Acinetobacter Infections mortality
Acinetobacter Infections pathology
Acinetobacter baumannii drug effects
Adult
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Cross Infection microbiology
Cross Infection mortality
Cross Infection pathology
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Female
Hospitals, General
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial microbiology
Meningitis, Bacterial mortality
Meningitis, Bacterial pathology
Middle Aged
Qatar
Retrospective Studies
Surgical Wound Infection microbiology
Surgical Wound Infection mortality
Surgical Wound Infection pathology
Treatment Outcome
Acinetobacter Infections diagnosis
Acinetobacter baumannii isolation & purification
Cross Infection diagnosis
Meningitis, Bacterial diagnosis
Surgical Wound Infection diagnosis
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt adverse effects

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