Intraventricular and lumbar intrathecal administration of antibiotics in postneurosurgical patients with meningitis and/or ventriculitis in a serious clinical state: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1596-1602

  Reměs, František ^a   Tomáš, Robert ^a   Jindrák, Vlastimil ^a   Vaniš, Václav ^a   Šetlík, Michal ^a  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Brain abscess; Infection; Intrathecal; Intraventricular; Meningitis; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEG PAIN; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROSURGERY; NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 84889789758     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.6.JNS122126     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Briggs S, Ellis-Pegler R, Raymond N, Thomas M, Wilkinson L: Gram-negative bacillary meningitis after cranial surgery or trauma in adults. Scand J Infect Dis 36:165-173, 2004
2. Caricato A, Pennisi M, Mancino A, Vigna G, Sandroni C, Arcangeli A, et al: Levels of vancomycin in the cerebral interstitial fluid after severe head injury. Intensive Care Med 32:325-328, 2006
3. Clifford HE, Stewart GT: Intraventricular administration of a new derivative of polymyxin B in meningitis due to Ps. pyocyanea. Lancet 2:177-180, 1961
4. Federico G, Tumbarello M, Spanu T, Rosell R, Iacoangeli M, Scerrati M, et al: Risk factors and prognostic indicators of bacterial meningitis in a cohort of 3580 postneurosurgical patients. Scand J Infect Dis 33:533-537, 2001
5. Kaiser AB, McGee ZA: Aminoglycoside therapy of gramnegative bacillary meningitis. N Engl J Med 293:1215-1220, 1975
6. Kala M, Kolář M, Hájek V: [Local application of antimicrobial preparations in inflammatory intracranial diseases and its significance.] Cesk Slov Neurol Neurochir 59/92:304-307, 1996 (Czech)
7. Mancebo J, Domingo P, Blanch L, Coll P, Net A, Nolla J: Post-neurosurgical and spontaneous gram-negative bacillary meningitis in adults. Scand J Infect Dis 18:533-538, 1986
8. McCracken GH Jr, Mize SG, Threlkeld N: Intraventricular gentamicin therapy in gram-negative bacillary meningitis of infancy. Lancet 315:787-791, 1980
9. O'Neill E, Humphreys H, Phillips J, Smyth EG: Third-generation cephalosporin resistance among Gram-negative bacilli causing meningitis in neurosurgical patients: significant challenges in ensuring effective antibiotic therapy. J Antimicrob Chemother 57:356-359, 2006
10. Parodi S, Lechner A, Osih R, Vespa P, Pegues D: Nosocomial enterobacter meningitis: risk factors, management, and treatment outcomes. Clin Infect Dis 37:159-166, 2003
11. Roitberg BZ, Khan N, Alp MS, Hersonskey T, Charbel FT, Ausman JI: Bedside external ventricular drain placement for the treatment of acute hydrocephalus. Br J Neurosurg 15:324-327, 2001
12. Shah S, Ohlsson A, Shah V: Intraventricular antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in neonates. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 7:CD004496, 2004
13. Tängdén T, Enblad P, Ullberg M, Sjölin J: Neurosurgical gram-negative bacillary ventriculitis and meningitis: a retrospective study evaluating the efficacy of intraventricular gentamicin therapy in 31 consecutive cases. Clin Infect Dis 52:1310-1316, 2011
14. Tunkel AR, Hartman BJ, Kaplan SL, Kaufman BA, Roos KL, Scheld WM, et al: Practice guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis. Clin Infect Dis 39:1267-1284, 2004
15. Wiesel J, Rose DN, Silver AL, Sacks HS, Bernstein RH: Lumbar puncture in asymptomatic late syphilis. An analysis of the benefits and risks. Arch Intern Med 145:465-468, 1985
16. Ziai WC, Lewin JJ III: Improving the role of intraventricular antimicrobial agents in the management of meningitis. Curr Opin Neurol 22:277-282, 2009