Treatment progress of nosocomial bacterial meningitis in neurosurgery / 临床外科杂志

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.