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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Risk factors for death and severe neurological sequelae in childhood bacterial meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 48, No. 8, Year 2009
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We report a morality rate of 33% among 403 children with bacterial meningitis in Angola. A fatal outcome was associated with impaired consciousness, severe dyspnea, and seizures, and severe neurological sequelae (found in 25% of our patients) was associated with delayed presentation to the hospital, impaired consciousness, and seizures. Being underweight was of secondary importance. Treatment with ceftriaxone, rather than with penicillin plus chloramphenicol, did not improve outcome. © 2009 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Pelkonen, Tuula
Angola, Luanda
Hospital Pediátrico David Bernardino
Roine, Irmeli
Chile, Santiago
Universidad Diego Portales
Monteiro, L.
Portugal, Lisbon
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge
Correia, Margarida
Angola, Luanda
Hospital Pediátrico David Bernardino
Pitkäranta, Anne
Finland, Helsinki
Helsinki University Hospital
Bernardino, Luís
Angola, Luanda
Hospital Pediátrico David Bernardino
Peltola, Heikki O.
Finland, Helsinki
Helsinki University Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 94
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/597463
ISSN:
10584838
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
Angola