Risk factors associated with death or neurological deterioration among patients with Gram-negative postneurosurgical meningitis.
Clin Microbiol Infect
; 22(6): 573.e1-4, 2016 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-27040807
ABSTRACT
In a retrospective cohort of 115 patients with Gram-negative postneurosurgical meningitis, factors associated with 30-day mortality or neurological deterioration on multivariate analysis included days from admission to meningitis (OR 1.05 per day, 95% CI 1.02-1.09), decreased level of consciousness (OR 2.69, 95% CI 0.99-7.31), blood glucose level >180 mg/dL (OR 3.70, 95% CI 1.27-10.77), higher creatinine level (OR 4.07 per 1 mg/dL, 95% CI 1.50-11.08), and cerebrospinal fluid glucose <50 mg/dL (OR 5.02, 95% CI 1.71-14.77) at diagnosis. A predictive score triaged patients into three groups with low (4/44, 9.1%), intermediate (16/38, 42.1%) and high (22/33, 66.7%) unfavourable outcome rates. Validation on a different group of 36 patients with Gram-negative postneurosurgical meningitis was acceptable.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Surgical Wound Infection
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Meningitis, Bacterial
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
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Neurosurgical Procedures
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Nervous System Diseases
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Microbiol Infect
Journal subject:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article