Epidemiology, microbiology and antibiotic treatment of bacterial and fungal meningitis among very preterm infants in China: a cross-sectional study
0.38% of VPIs in Chinese neonatal intensive care units were diagnosed with meningitis, experiencing significant mortality and inappropriate antibiotic therapy. Gram-negative bacteria were the predominant pathogens, with fungi emerging as a significant cause.
Authors
- Wenhao Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8956-7238)
- Xiaoping Lei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3818-7117)
- Shoo K. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2774-3301)
- Ligang Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4794-6146)
- Wenqing Kang
- Huiqing Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-7598)
- Liyuan Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2961-4025)
- Siyuan Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2663-6598)
- Ping Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5440-5941)
- Jian‐Guo Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5021-3739)
- Aimin Qian
- Hongbo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-1450)
- Shujuan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8877-9394)
- Mengya Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4906-8092)
- Jie Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1253-1388)
- Changlian Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5029-6730)
- Yun Cao
- Lizhong Du
- Yu Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9500-237X)
- Yingying Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3659-6139)
Institutions
- Qingdao University (CN)
- Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Zhengzhou University (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University (CN)
- Nanjing Children's Hospital (CN)
- Zhengzhou Children's Hospital (CN)
- Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University (CN)
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University (CN)
- Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- Chongqing Medical University (CN)
- China Medical University (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal
- Published
- 2024-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327495
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal and Maternal Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63
Funders
- China Medical Board
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research