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Nosocomial Escherichia coli meningitis in adults: Report of four cases and literature review
We report four cases of nosocomial E. coli meningitis, in male patients with accidental and neurosurgical trauma. The interval between accidents/neurosurgical procedures and the onset of meningitis was 2-15 days (mean 6.25 days). The most consistent clinical features were fever and deterioration of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3821438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250185 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.118800 |
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author | Khan, Fahmi Yousef Abukhattab, Mohammed Anand, Deshmukh |
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description | We report four cases of nosocomial E. coli meningitis, in male patients with accidental and neurosurgical trauma. The interval between accidents/neurosurgical procedures and the onset of meningitis was 2-15 days (mean 6.25 days). The most consistent clinical features were fever and deterioration of consciousness level. Emergence of extended spectrum beta lactamase E. coli strains had been observed in two (50%) of our cases and the mean duration of antimicrobial treatment was 16.5 days (range: 6-24 days). Two of the four patients (50%) died in the hospital. |
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spelling | pubmed-38214382013-11-18 Nosocomial Escherichia coli meningitis in adults: Report of four cases and literature review Khan, Fahmi Yousef Abukhattab, Mohammed Anand, Deshmukh J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report We report four cases of nosocomial E. coli meningitis, in male patients with accidental and neurosurgical trauma. The interval between accidents/neurosurgical procedures and the onset of meningitis was 2-15 days (mean 6.25 days). The most consistent clinical features were fever and deterioration of consciousness level. Emergence of extended spectrum beta lactamase E. coli strains had been observed in two (50%) of our cases and the mean duration of antimicrobial treatment was 16.5 days (range: 6-24 days). Two of the four patients (50%) died in the hospital. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3821438/ /pubmed/24250185 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.118800 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Khan, Fahmi Yousef Abukhattab, Mohammed Anand, Deshmukh Nosocomial Escherichia coli meningitis in adults: Report of four cases and literature review |
title | Nosocomial Escherichia coli meningitis in adults: Report of four cases and literature review |
title_full | Nosocomial Escherichia coli meningitis in adults: Report of four cases and literature review |
title_fullStr | Nosocomial Escherichia coli meningitis in adults: Report of four cases and literature review |
title_full_unstemmed | Nosocomial Escherichia coli meningitis in adults: Report of four cases and literature review |
title_short | Nosocomial Escherichia coli meningitis in adults: Report of four cases and literature review |
title_sort | nosocomial escherichia coli meningitis in adults: report of four cases and literature review |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3821438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24250185 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.118800 |
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