Prevalence of Newborn Bacterial Meningitis in Kosar Hospital 2007-2012

Bacterial meningitis is a public health problem, that threats developing countries. Neonatal meningitis characterized as a result of infection and inflammation of the meninges and typically happens in the first 28 days of life., Illness has special characteristics during neonatal period. Etiology, clinical symptoms and mortality is different from older children. Mortality varies based on the treatment with survival rate of 17% to 29% and complications rate of 15% to 68%.This research evaluates the prevalence of newborn bacterial meningitis in Kosar Hospital. This is a cross sectional design study. Participants were 567 suspicious neonatal that referred to Kosar hospital between Jul 2007 and Jan 2011. Data were obtained by doing a retrospective design of the medical records following a structured survey. Diagnosis of bacterial meningitis is established by following laboratory criteria: presence of cell >30 leukocytes/mm3 with predominance of neutrophills; proteins in cerebrospinal fluid >200 mg/dL; glycorrhachia <40% of concomitant glycemia; identification of bacteria in bacterioscopic examination and/or culture of eliminate cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Both descriptive and statistical analysis methods were applied. In surveying reports of 567 newborns, prevalence of bacterial meningitis was 1%(6). All patients had positive CSF culture. Culture results were as follow: E.Coli in 2 case, each of Klebsiella pneumonia, Enterobacter spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in 1 case. Infection of nervous system is one of the major problems in clinical practice, especially during the first month after birth. During this first month, nervous system's infection develops special characteristics, which are different from regular symptoms and it requires treatment due to increased risk of develop complications. It is strongly recommended to monitor ototoxic drugs that use to prevent effects on hearing system.