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1. Predictors of inferior outcome in community acquired bacterial meningitis

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Streharova, A., Krcmery, V., Kisac, P., Kalavsky, E., Holeckova, K., Lesnakova, A., Luzinsky, L., Adamkovicova, E., Pavlikova, Z., Spilakova, N., Kacunova, B., Dovalova, V., Wiczmandyova, O., Spanik, S., Liskova, A., Chovancova, D., Kovac, M., Ondrusova, A., Bauer, F., Benca, J., Rudinsky, B., Sramka, M., Kralova, J., Krsakova, A., Krumpolcova, M., Findova, L., Svabova, V., Sladeckova, V., Seckova, S., Saniova, J., Pavlicova, B., Taziarova, M., Bukovinova, P., Kolenova, A., Horvathova, D., Hvizdak, F., Luzica, R., Rolnikova, B., Bocakova, A., Grey, E., Bielova, M., Huttova, E., Sabo, I., and Jalili, N.

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Community-Acquired Infections, Alcoholism, Slovakia, Chi-Square Distribution, Risk Factors, Brain Injuries, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Brain Damage, Chronic, Treatment Failure, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections, Meningitis, Bacterial
Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess mortality and sequellae within cases from Nationwide survey of community acquired meningitis and identify risk factors for inferior outcome. Risk factors such as underlying disease (diabetes mellitus, cancer, trauma, neonatal age, splenectomy, alcoholism, sepsis, other infections), etiology, clinical symptoms and outcome (death, improvement and cured after modifications of ATB therapy, cured without change of therapy, cured with neurologic sequellae) were recorded and analysed with univariate analysis (chi2 or t test for trends, CDC Atlanta 2004). Analysing risk factors for inferior outcome (death or cured with neurologic sequellae), we compared patients who died or survived with neurologic sequellae to all patients with community acquired bacterial meningitis. Univariate analysis showed that trauma (p0.05), alcohol abuse (p0.05), diabetes, S. aureus (p0.05) and gram-negative etiology (A. baumannii, Ps. aeruginosa or Enterobacteriaceae) (36% vs. 11,9%, p0.05) were predicting inferior outcome. Analysing risk factors for treatment failure (death or failed but cured after change of antibiotic treatment) prior sepsis (34.1% vs. 13.9%, p0.01) and gram-negative etiology (25% vs. 11.9%, p0.02) were statistically significant predictors of treatment failure. Neisseria meningitis had less failures (p0.05). Concerning infection associated mortality again diabetes mellitus (p0.05), alcoholism (p0.05) staphylococcal and gram-negative etiology (p0.05) were significant predictors of death. N. meningitis had surprisingly less treatment failures (appropriate and rapid initial therapy). Neurologic sequellae were more common in patients with alcohol abuse (p0.05), craniocerbral trauma (p0.05) and less common in meningitis with pneumococcal etiology (p0.05).

Published
2007

2. Comparison of postsurgical and community acquired bacterial meningitis--analysis of 372 cases within a nationwide survey.

Author

Streharova A, Benca J, Holeckova K, Balik J, Sula I, Lesnakova A, Luzinsky L, Pavlikova Z, Adamkovicova E, Spilakova N, Kacunova B, Dovalova V, Kisac P, Beno P, Kalavsky E, Sramka M, Benka J, Ondrusova A, Seckova S, Sladeckova V, Kolenova A, Bartkovjak M, Bukovinova P, Hvizdak F, Lengyel P, Bielova M, Wiczmandyova O, Svabova V, Findova L, Kutna K, Deadline J, Diana E, Krumpolcova M, Kiwou M, Steno J, Stankovic I, Bauer F, Kovac M, Huttova M, Taziarova M, Luzica R, Saniova B, Rudinsky B, Sabo I, Karvaj M, and Johnson MJ

Subjects
Community-Acquired Infections complications, Community-Acquired Infections microbiology, Community-Acquired Infections mortality, Cross Infection complications, Cross Infection microbiology, Humans, Meningitis, Bacterial etiology, Meningitis, Bacterial microbiology, Meningitis, Bacterial therapy, Neurosurgical Procedures adverse effects, Postoperative Complications microbiology, Risk Factors, Slovakia epidemiology, Statistics, Nonparametric, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome, Cross Infection mortality, Meningitis, Bacterial mortality, Postoperative Complications mortality
Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess if differences in etiology and risk factors among 372 cases of bacterial meningitis acquired after surgery (PM) or in community (CBM) have impact on outcome of infected patients. Among 372 cases of bacterial meningitis within last 17 years from 10 major Slovak hospitals, 171 were PM and 201 CBM. Etiology, risk factors such as underlying disease, cancer, diabetes alcoholism, surgery, VLBW, ENT infections, trauma, sepsis were recorded and mortality, survival with sequellae, therapy failure were compared in both groups. Significant differences in etiology and risk factors between both groups were reported. Those after neurosurgery had more frequently Coagulase negative staphylococci (p<0.001), Enterobacteriaceae (p=0.01) and Acinetobacter baumannii (p=0.0008) isolated from CSF and vice versa Streptococcus pneumoniae (p<0.001), Neisseria meningitis (p<0.001) and Haemophillus influenza (p=0.0009) were more commonly isolated from CSF in CBM. Neurosurgery (p<0.001), sepsis (p=0.006), VLBW neonates (p=0.00002) and cancer (p=0.0007) were more common in PM and alcohol abuse (p<0.001) as well as otitis/sinusitis (p<0.001) and Roma ethnic group (p=0.001) in CAM. Initial treatment success was significantly more frequently observed among CAM (p<0.001) but cure after modification was more common in PM (p=0.002). Therefore outcome in both groups was similar (14.6% vs. 12.4%, p=NS).

Published
2007

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