Meningitis as a complication of tonsillectomy

Papadakis, Chariton E.; Nikolidakis, Antonios A.; Bizakis, John G.; Skoulakis, Charalampos; Velegrakis, George A.; Kokori, H; Helidonis, Emmanuel S.

doi:10.1016/s0165-5876(98)00096-2

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“…Papadakis et al . reported on a 7-year-old girl who developed meningitis 2 days after tonsillectomy while still under preventive antibiotic treatment [13]. The blood and CSF culture failed to grow any bacteria.…”

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The risk of acquiring bacterial meningitis following surgery in Denmark, 1996–2009: a nationwide retrospective cohort study with emphasis on ear, nose and throat (ENT) and neurosurgery

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Homøe

2013

Epidemiol. Infect.

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This paper estimates the risk of bacterial meningitis following surgery between 1996 and 2009 in Denmark. We conducted two retrospective nationwide cohort studies; first by linking notified bacterial meningitis cases to the National Patient Registry to see how many had undergone a surgical procedure; second, we scrutinized notified bacterial meningitis cases to see if the clinician suspected a surgical procedure to be the aetiology. We found that ear, nose and throat surgery had an 11-fold, and neurosurgery a sevenfold, increased risk compared to the reference group in the first 10 days following surgery. Streptococcus pneumoniae was the pathogen most often involved. Operation procedures involving penetration of dura mater was associated with increased risk for post-operative bacterial meningitis. In absolute numbers we found few bacterial meningitis cases after surgery; however, patients undergoing certain surgical procedures are at-risk and should be considered when national vaccination guidelines are revised.

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“…In the literature we found sound evidence for the association between cochlear implants and bacterial meningitis, in addition we encountered a few retrospective institution-based analyses on certain surgical procedures and several case reports on post-operative meningitis [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

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