Bacterial isolates from cerebrospinal fluid of children with suspected acute meningitis in a Nigerian tertiary hospital.
Niger Postgrad Med J
; 20(1): 9-13, 2013 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23661203
ABSTRACT
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
To determine the common aetiolog of acute bacterial meningitis in children and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A retrospective study with a review of cerebrospinal fluid culture reports of paediatric patients aged 0-15 years, suspected of acute meningitis in the Medical Microbiology Department of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria from October 2006 to October 2009 from October 2006 to October 2009.RESULTS:
A positive culture bacterial isolation rate of 3.3% (n=50/1500) with prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae (24%), Neisseria meningitidis (22%), Escherichia coli (16%), Haemophilus influenzae (14%), Group B streptococci (8%) and Enterococci (8%) which were susceptible to ceftriaxone (96%), cefotaxime (95%) and ciprofloxacin (93%) across the bacterial isolates. Neonates were 55% (n=6.8/12.4) most at risk.CONCLUSION:
Neonates are the most at risk of acute bacterial meningitis. In the absence of antibiotic susceptibility report, ceftriaxone should be considered as a first choice reliable antibiotic for empirical treatment of meningitis in children, in this environment.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Meningitis, Bacterial
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
Niger Postgrad Med J
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article