The incidence of postoperative meningitis in neurosurgery: An institutional experience

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-198

  Srinivas, Dwarakanath ^a   Veena Kumari, H B ^a   Somanna, Sampath ^a   Bhagavatula, Indiradevi ^a   Anandappa, Chandramouli ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

bacterial; Meningitis; neurosurgery; nosocomial infection antibiotic prophylaxis; postoperative

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFOTAXIME; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CITROBACTER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEUS; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955446698     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.79136     Document Type: Article

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