Post-neurosurgical nosocomial bacterial meningitis in adults: microbiology, clinical features, and outcomes.

PubWeight™: 1.01‹?› | Rank: Top 15%

🔗 View Article (PMID 16023857)

Published in J Clin Neurosci on August 01, 2005

Authors

Kuo-Wei Wang1, Wen-Neng Chang, Chi-Ren Huang, Nai-Wen Tsai, Huan-Wen Tsui, Hung-Chen Wang, Thung-Ming Su, Cheng-Shyuan Rau, Ben-Chung Cheng, Chen-Sheng Chang, Yao-Chung Chuang, Po-Chou Liliang, Yu-Duan Tsai, Cheng-Hsien Lu

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Articles citing this

The causes and treatment outcomes of 91 patients with adult nosocomial meningitis. Korean J Intern Med (2012) 1.04

Predictive value of decoy receptor 3 in postoperative nosocomial bacterial meningitis. Int J Mol Sci (2014) 0.77

Intracranial malignant lesions correlate with the requirement for a long treatment course in postoperative central nervous system infection. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat (2014) 0.75

Antimicrobial Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii to Imipenem in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Open Microbiol J (2016) 0.75

Significance of nucleic acid testing in diagnosis and treatment of post-neurosurgical meningitis caused by multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: a case report. J Med Case Rep (2016) 0.75

The diagnostic value of cerebrospinal fluid lactate for post-neurosurgical bacterial meningitis: a meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis (2016) 0.75

Burden of bacterial meningitis: a retrospective review on laboratory parameters and factors associated with death in meningitis, kelantan malaysia. Nagoya J Med Sci (2015) 0.75

Management of Meningitis Caused by Multi Drug-Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii: Clinical, Microbiological and Pharmacokinetic Results in a Patient Treated with Colistin Methanesulfonate. Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis (2015) 0.75

Intrathecal and intraventricular antibiotics for postoperative Gram-negative meningitis and ventriculitis. Surg Neurol Int (2017) 0.75

Characteristics of meningitis following transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery: a case series and a systematic literature review. Infection (2017) 0.75

Articles by these authors

Carbamazepine-induced toxic effects and HLA-B*1502 screening in Taiwan. N Engl J Med (2011) 5.13

Effects of long-term antiepileptic drug monotherapy on vascular risk factors and atherosclerosis. Epilepsia (2011) 2.46

Level and value of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients after acute ischemic stroke. Stroke (2007) 1.65

Predictors and outcome of seizures after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage. Clinical article. J Neurosurg (2009) 1.55

Status epilepticus induced by star fruit intoxication in patients with chronic renal disease. Seizure (2005) 1.54

Sacroiliac joint pain after lumbar and lumbosacral fusion: findings using dual sacroiliac joint blocks. Pain Med (2011) 1.46

The relationship between isolated dizziness/vertigo and the risk factors of ischemic stroke: a case control study. Acta Neurol Taiwan (2011) 1.42

The prognosis of acute blunt cervical spinal cord injury. J Trauma (2009) 1.42

Roles of oxidative stress, apoptosis, PGC-1α and mitochondrial biogenesis in cerebral ischemia. Int J Mol Sci (2011) 1.37

Strategies for the management of bacterial brain abscess. J Clin Neurosci (2006) 1.30

Comparing clinical outcomes following percutaneous vertebroplasty with conservative therapy for acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Pain Med (2010) 1.23

Effect of erythropoietin on level of circulating endothelial progenitor cells and outcome in patients after acute ischemic stroke. Crit Care (2011) 1.22

Adult spinal epidural abscess: clinical features and prognostic factors. Clin Neurol Neurosurg (2002) 1.16

Klebsiella meningitis in adults: clinical features, prognostic factors and therapeutic outcomes. J Clin Neurosci (2002) 1.13

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis with psychiatric disorders: report of three siblings and literature review. Chang Gung Med J (2002) 1.12

Plasma nuclear and mitochondrial DNA levels as predictors of outcome in severe sepsis patients in the emergency room. J Transl Med (2012) 1.12

Life-threatening cardiotoxicity due to chronic oral phenytoin overdose. Neurol India (2009) 1.12

The value of serial plasma nuclear and mitochondrial DNA levels in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Clin Chim Acta (2010) 1.11

Adult Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis in Taiwan: an overview. Acta Neurol Taiwan (2012) 1.10

A clinical and electrophysiologic survey of childhood Guillain-Barré syndrome. Pediatr Neurol (2004) 1.09

Level and value of interleukin-18 after acute ischemic stroke. Circ J (2007) 1.08

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis patients with and without parkinsonism: clinical characteristics and neuroimaging findings. Mov Disord (2010) 1.07

Combination of olfactory course anterior cerebral artery and accessory middle cerebral artery (MCA) with occluded in situ MCA and related moyamoya phenomenon. Brain Dev (2008) 1.07

Long-term antiepileptic drug therapy contributes to the acceleration of atherosclerosis. Epilepsia (2009) 1.06

Whole blood-derived microRNA signatures in mice exposed to lipopolysaccharides. J Biomed Sci (2012) 1.06

Elevated basal cortisol level predicts lower hippocampal volume and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. J Clin Neurosci (2009) 1.03

Prediction, clinical characteristics and prognosis of intracerebral hemorrhage in hepatocellular carcinoma patients with intracerebral metastasis. J Clin Neurosci (2009) 1.03

Spinal epidural abscess in adults caused by Staphylococcus aureus: clinical characteristics and prognostic factors. Clin Neurol Neurosurg (2011) 1.02

Ultrasonographic median nerve cross-section areas measured by 8-point "inching test" for idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome: a correlation of nerve conduction study severity and duration of clinical symptoms. BMC Med Imaging (2011) 1.01

Infection of cerebrospinal fluid shunts: causative pathogens, clinical features, and outcomes. Jpn J Infect Dis (2004) 1.00

Effects of rosiglitazone on global ischemia-induced hippocampal injury and expression of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2006) 1.00

Short- and long-term clinical results of laparoscopic-assisted vaginal hysterectomy and total abdominal hysterectomy. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc (2003) 0.99

Profiling circulating microRNA expression in experimental sepsis using cecal ligation and puncture. PLoS One (2013) 0.99

Protective effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors gamma coactivator-1alpha against neuronal cell death in the hippocampal CA1 subfield after transient global ischemia. J Neurosci Res (2010) 0.99

Factors associated with blood concentrations of indoxyl sulfate and p-cresol in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis. Perit Dial Int (2010) 0.98

Profiling muscle-specific microRNA expression after peripheral denervation and reinnervation in a rat model. J Neurotrauma (2009) 0.98

Intracranial suppuration: a clinical comparison of subdural empyemas and epidural abscesses. Surg Neurol (2003) 0.98

Inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 provides neuroprotection in spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats: relationship with the nuclear factor-kappaB-regulated anti-apoptotic mechanisms. J Neurochem (2010) 0.98

Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults: the epidemiology, timing of appropriate antimicrobial therapy, and prognostic factors. Clin Neurol Neurosurg (2002) 0.97

Computer-assisted pedicle screw placement for thoracolumbar spine fracture with separate spinal reference clamp placement and registration. Surg Neurol (2008) 0.97

Impaired small-world network efficiency and dynamic functional distribution in patients with cirrhosis. PLoS One (2012) 0.96