Nosocomial postsurgical meningitis in children: a 12-year survey comparing data from 1993-1998 with data from 1999-2004.

摘要

to the editor-The incidence of nosocomial meningitis after neurosurgery is increasing. In a previous study, a survey of all 8 pediatric and neonatal neurosurgery de-partments in Slovakia revealed that 101 cases of pediatric bacterial meningitis were recorded during 1993-1998, with an attributable mortality of 15% and sequelae detected in 18% of cases. We conducted a similar survey during 1999-2004, which revealed an additional 57 cases of disease. Here, cases of pediatric nosocomial meningitis during 1999-2004 are compared with those during 1993-1998 with respect to etiology, risk factors, and outcome.