Central nervous system infections in postnerosurgical patients
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Results 69 pts (47 years, male 69%, SAPS II 33, mechanical ventilation 92%) developed 77 episodes (M 44, V 32). Neurosurgical diseases were trauma (39%), meningeal hemorrhage (20%), intracerebral hemorrhage (17%), intracranial tumor (12%). Cerebrospinal fluid leakage was present in 25%, ventriculostomy in 35% (catheter permanence 6.2 days), subdural catheter in 30% (catheter permanence 4.2 days). Microorganisms were mainly Gram negative bacilli (Acinetobacter sp (20, 26%), Klebsiella sp (7, 9%), Ps aeruginosa (7, 9%), Proteus sp (3, 3.9%), Enterobacter sp (3, 3.9%), S aureus (8, 10.4%), S coagulase negative (6, 7.8%), Enterococcus sp (3, 3.9%), Candida sp (5, 6.5%)). Crude mortality was 29% (20/69).
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