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Abstract
The aim of this paper was to determine the agents of bacterical meningitis in the October 1996-October 1998 period. The cerebrospinal fluid samples collected from 386 patients suspected having meningitis were bacteriologically investigated. Out of these 386 samples, 327 (84.7%) were negative for bacteria, whereas in 59 (15.3%) bacteria were determined. The isolated bacteria were identified as follows: Coagulase-positive staphylococci 10 (16.9%), coagulase-negative staphylococci eight (13.6%), Streptococcus pneumoniae eight'(13.6%), Neisseria meningitidis seven (11.9%), Escherichia coli six (10.2%), Acinetobacter spp. five (8.5%), Pseudomonas spp. four (6.8%), Klebsiella pneumoniae three (5.1 %), Haemophilus influenzae type b three (5.1 %), Enterobacter spp. three (5.1 %), Enterococcus one (1.7%) and non-Enterococcus one (1.7%). Furthermore, the relation between isolated bacteria and seasons, sex of the patients and the hospital departments was also studied.
Özet
Bu çalışmanın amacı, son iki yılda bakteri meninjitlerinde etken dağılımını saptamaktır. Ekim 1996-Ekim 1998 dönemi içerisinde meninjit kuşkulu 386 hastadan alınan beyin-omurilik sıvısı (BOS) örneklerinin bakteriyolojik incelemesi yapılmış, 327 örnekte (%84.7) bakteri izole edilmez iken 59'unda (%15.3) bakteri üretilmiştir. İzole edilen bakterilerden (n=59) 10 tanesi koagülaz-pozitif stafilokok (KPS) (%16.9), sekiz tanesi koagülaz-negatif stafilokok (KNS) (%13.6), sekiz tanesi Streptococcus pneumonias (%13.6), yedi tanesi Neisseria meningitidis (%11.9), altı tanesi Escherichia coli (%10.2), beş tanesi Acinetobacter spp. (%8.5), dört tanesi Pseudomonas spp. (%6.8), üç tanesi Klebsiella pneumoniae (%5.1), üç tanesi Haemophilus influenzae tip b (%5.1), üç tanesi Enterobacter spp. (%5.1), bir tanesi enterokok (%1.7) ve bir tanesi non-enterokok (%1.7) olarak tanımlanmıştır. Ayrıca, izole edilen bakterilerin izole edildikleri mevsim, hastaların cinsiyetleri ve yattığı klinikler ile ilişkisi incelenmiştir.