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Record W4406954932 · doi:10.1093/ofid/ofae631.1344

P-1158. Surgical Outcomes Following <i>Paenibacillus</i> Infant Infectious Hydrocephalus

2025· article· en· W4406954932 on OpenAlexaff
Jessica E. Ericson, Davis Natukwatsa, Peter Ssenyonga, Justin Onen, John Mugamba, Ronald Mulondo, Sarah U. Morton, Kelsey Templeton, Christine Hehnly, Edith Mbabazi-Kabachelor, Abhaya V. Kulkarni, Benjamin C. Warf, James R. Broach, Joseph N. Paulson, Steven J. Schiff

Bibliographic record

VenueOpen Forum Infectious Diseases · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldImmunology and Microbiology
TopicRabies epidemiology and control
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Toronto
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMedicineHydrocephalusPathogenic organismIntensive care medicinePediatricsMicrobiologySurgery

Abstract

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Abstract Background We previously identified Paenibacillus species in the cerebrospinal fluid of 44% of infants presenting for neurosurgical evaluation with findings consistent with postinfectious hydrocephalus (PIH) in Eastern Uganda. Here we sought to compare outcomes among hydrocephalic infants with and without Paenibacillus detection at the time of hydrocephalus surgery. Methods In a prospective observational trial, 78 infants with PIH who underwent a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) diversion had a positive CSF polymerase chain reaction result for Paenibacillus species (PP), and 111 had a negative result (PN). The primary outcome was diversion failure-free survival defined as being alive without diversion failure at the end of the observation period adjusted for age at the time of diversion and surgery type. Secondary outcomes included overall survival and diversion success. Results After a median follow-up period of 35.7 months, the primary outcome had occurred in 42 PP patients (54%) and in 76 PN patients (68%) (adjusted hazard ratio (aHR), 2.45; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.42 to 4.22; P=0.001). PP patients who underwent endoscopic diversion had the worst primary event rate (aHR, 6.47; 95% CI, 2.40 to 17.42; P&amp;lt; 0.001). Death from any cause occurred in 16 PP patients (20%) and 9 PN patients (8%) (aHR, 3.47; 95% CI, 1.44 to 8.37; P=0.006). Diversion failure occurred in 28 PP patients (36%) and in 29 PN patients (26%) (aHR, 2.24; 95% CI, 1.31 to 3.85; P=0.003). Conclusion Paenibacillus detection in the CSF at the time of hydrocephalus surgery was associated with a significantly increased rate of the composite of diversion failure or death, death, and diversion failure, and was particularly increased for patients who had an endoscopic diversion. Preoperative testing and treatment of Paenibacillus infections may improve outcomes for surgical management of PIH. Disclosures Jessica E. Ericson, MD, MPH, Abbvie: Advisor/Consultant

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow), Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.646
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.006
GPT teacher head0.276
Teacher spread0.269 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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