Open Access<p>Longitudinal Analysis of Risk Factors for Clinical Outcomes of <em>Enterobacteriaceae</em> Meningitis/Encephalitis in Post-Neurosurgical Patients: A Comparative Cohort Study During 2014–2019</p>
Author(s) -
Yijun Shi,
Guoan Zheng,
Lingye Qian,
Rasha Alsamani Qsman,
Guoge Li,
Guojun Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s252331
Subject(s) - medicine , meningitis , enterobacteriaceae , glasgow coma scale , sepsis , bacteremia , encephalitis , retrospective cohort study , cohort study , pediatrics , antibiotics , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology , biochemistry , virus , escherichia coli , gene
Our study is a retrospective observational study conducted in one of the largest clinical centers of neurosurgery in China. We aimed to investigate the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of the Enterobacteriaceae isolates responsible for nosocomial meningitis/encephalitis in post-neurosurgical patients. Meanwhile, we tried to evaluate the risk factors for mortality following Enterobacteriaceae meningitis/encephalitis.