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ArticleAsian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine2014

Adult Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis in Qatar: clinical pattern of ten cases.

Fahmi Yousef Khan, Mohammed Abukhattab, Mohammed AbuKamar, Deshmukh Anand

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Article in Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fahmi Yousef KhanDepartment of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Mohammed AbukhattabInfectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Mohammed AbuKamarInfectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Deshmukh AnandMicrobiology Laboratory, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
Hamad General Hospital · QA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the clinical presentation, underlying diseases, antimicrobial susceptibility, treatment and outcome of Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis patients.

methodsThis retrospective study involved all patients with 15 years of age or older who admitted to Hamad General Hospital with culture proven Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2012.

resultsA total of ten cases were identified (nine males and one female). Their mean age was (43.3±12.8) years. Eight patients (80%) had nosocomial meningitis with neurosurgery being the most frequent associated condition. Fever and altered consciousness were the most frequent symptom. Cerebrospinal fluid showed elevated protein and glucose levels. Gram stain showed Gram-negative rods in 50% of cases, while positive cerebrospinal fluid culture results were found in all patients. Multidrug resistance was observed in two cases, and all patients had received appropriate empirical and definitive antibiotic treatments. The mean duration of intravenous antimicrobial treatment was (19.3±7.0) d and all patients with external ventricular drains underwent removal of the device, while in-hospital mortality was 50%.

conclusionsThe number of cases was too small to come up with therapeutic and prognostic conclusions. Further large-scale prospective study is needed.

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Community-acquired meningitisKlebsiella pneumoniae meningitisNosocomial meningitis

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PMID25183339
PMCPMC4037663
OpenAlexW2086282050

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