Journal of Clinical Surgery 2015;(6):476-479

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-6483.2015.06.030

Treatment progress of nosocomial bacterial meningitis in neurosurgery

Ke WANG ; Liang GAO

Keywords

bacterial meningitis; nosocomial meningitis; neurosurgery

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

With high morbidity and mortality,nosocomial bacterial meningitis(NBM)is a kind of serious nosocomial infection.Post-neurosurgical patients are at a high risk of this infection andNBM in-creases hospital stay and medical expense obviously.In this article,we reviewed recent studiesonpathogen-esis,treatment,and research progress of NBM in neurosurgical patients,and presented unresolved ques-tions and research direction in the future.