National 14 years survey of 171 cases nosocomial meningitis in children and comparison of two periods 1993-1998 to 1999-2006

B Rudinsky; A Ondrusova; P Kisac; M Sramka; P Beno; Jozef Miklosko; P F Freybergh; F Bauer; M Huttova

National 14 years survey of 171 cases nosocomial meningitis in children and comparison of two periods 1993-1998 to 1999-2006

Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2007 Jun:28 Suppl 2:11-4.

Authors

B Rudinsky¹, A Ondrusova, P Kisac, M Sramka, P Beno, Jozef Miklosko, P F Freybergh, F Bauer, M Huttova

Affiliation

¹ St. Elisabeth College and St. Lesley School of Nursing, Nove Zamky, Slovakia.

PMID: 17558366

Abstract

In 1993-1998 and in 1999-2004 we have performed two surveys of pediatric bacterial meningitis in all 8 neurosurgery/pediatrics and infectious diseases departments in Slovakia. We have detected 101 and another 54 cases with attributable mortality of 15% and sequellae in 18%.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / mortality
Cross Infection / therapy
Data Collection
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / therapy
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Meningitis, Bacterial / epidemiology*
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
Meningitis, Bacterial / mortality
Meningitis, Bacterial / therapy
Risk Factors
Slovakia / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / therapy
Treatment Outcome