Table 1 The diagnostic data of postoperative meningitis in 21 patients
From: Postoperative meningitis after spinal surgery: a review of 21 cases from 20,178 patients
Age | Sex | Incidental Durotomy | Fever | Neck stiffness | Consciousness disturbance | Elevated in CRP & ESR | CSF analysis | Culture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
67 | F | Y | Positive | Positive | Negative | Yes | Positive | Negative |
82 | M | N | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | Positive | Negative |
65 | F | N | Positive | Positive | Negative | Yes | Positive | Negative |
27 | M | Y | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | NP | NP |
78 | M | Y | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | Positive | Negative |
65 | F | N | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | NP | NP |
73 | F | Y | Positive | Positive | Negative | Yes | Positive | Negative |
67 | M | Y | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | NP | MSSA(B) |
76 | F | N | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | NP | NP |
54 | F | N | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | NP | CoNS (B)* |
66 | M | N | Negative | Positive | Positive | Yes | Positive | Negative |
42 | M | Y | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | NP | Staph.epidermidis (W) |
69 | M | Y | Positive | Positive | Negative | Yes | Positive | Negative |
76 | F | N | Positive | Positive | Negative | Yes | Positive | Negative |
65 | F | Y | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | NP | MRSA (B) |
78 | M | N | Positive | Negative | Positive | Yes | Positive | Negative |
59 | M | Y | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | Positive | Negative |
75 | M | N | Positive | Negative | Positive | Yes | Positive | Negative |
74 | M | N | Positive | Positive | Positive | Yes | NP | MSSA(W) |
48 | M | Y | Negative | Positive | Positive | Yes | Positive | Staph.epidermidis |
29 | M | N | Negative | Positive | Positive | Yes | Positive | Pseudo.aeruginosa |