Identifying the need for surgical intervention in pediatric bacterial meningitis: single-center experience.

Front Pediatr · 2025 · PMC12307279 · PMID 40740821

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The presence of 3 + positive parameters was found to have a highly significant predictive power in determining surgical necessity ( p < 0.001). 3.6 Definition of SDE areas and risk of surgery based on involvement Among the 36 patients with intracranial complications (ICC), subdural empyema (SDE) was detected in 25.

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While CSF protein levels did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.11), the near threefold increase observed in operated patients is notable and may be attributed to the limited sample size.

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