Neuroinfections complicating foreign body implants after perinatal trauma or meningitis in 60 children

B Rudinsky; F Bauer; M Kalavsky; M Huttova; M Sramka; E Kalavsky; J Benca; M Karvaj; P Jarcuska; A Liskova; K Kralinsky; A Ondrusova; M Taziarova; L Pevalova; M Kovac; Jozef Miklosko

Neuroinfections complicating foreign body implants after perinatal trauma or meningitis in 60 children

Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2007 Jun:28 Suppl 2:36-7.

Authors

B Rudinsky¹, F Bauer, M Kalavsky, M Huttova, M Sramka, E Kalavsky, J Benca, M Karvaj, P Jarcuska, A Liskova, K Kralinsky, A Ondrusova, M Taziarova, L Pevalova, M Kovac, Jozef Miklosko

Affiliation

¹ School of Medicine and School of Health, Department of Neurology, Bratislava, Kosice, Banska Bystrica, Nitra, Slovakia.

PMID: 17558377

Abstract

Meningitis after artificial implants in 60 children, mainly after foreign body infections (FBI) was caused more frequently by coagulase negative staphylococci and Ps. aeruginosa than other organisms and was significantly associated with perinatal trauma, hydrocephalus, haemorrhage or VLBW and had more neurologic sequels despite mortality was similar to other nosocomial meningitis.

MeSH terms

Brain Injuries / complications
Brain Injuries / microbiology
Brain Injuries / surgery
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / adverse effects*
Child
Child, Preschool
Foreign Bodies / microbiology
Humans
Hydrocephalus / complications
Hydrocephalus / surgery
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Intracranial Hemorrhages / complications
Meningitis / complications*
Meningitis / microbiology
Neurosurgical Procedures / adverse effects
Prosthesis-Related Infections / complications*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Pseudomonas Infections / complications*
Staphylococcal Infections / complications*