Increased Risk of Late-onset Streptococcus pneumoniae Meningitis in Adults with Prior Head or Spine Surgeries

Victoria Chu, Diane M. Carpenter, Kathleen Winter, Kathleen Harriman, Carol Glaser

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Abstract

In a case-control study within the Kaiser Permanente Northern California adult population, prior head or spine surgery was associated with increased Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis outside of the postoperative period (no prior head or spine surgery; odds ratio, 6.0 [95% confidence interval, 1.9-18.6]). Among the cases, only 33.3% had received any prior pneumococcal vaccinations.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberciy974
Pages (from-to)2120-2122
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume68
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2019

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: [email protected].

Funding

Financial support. This work was supported by the Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program, through the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Residency Research Program. This work was supported by the Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program, through the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Residency Research Program.

FundersFunder number
Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Residency Research Program
Kaiser Permanente

    Keywords

    • Streptococcus pneumoniae
    • meningitis
    • neurosurgery
    • spine surgery
    • vaccines

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Microbiology (medical)
    • Infectious Diseases

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