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Risk Factors for Death and Severe Sequelae in Malawian Children With Bacterial Meningitis, 1997–2010
- Source :
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 32:e54-e61
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2013.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) causes significant death and disability in children worldwide, with HIV recognized as an established risk factor for infection and negative outcomes. However, additional major risk factors for death and disability in pediatric ABM remain unclear. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of case data from 3 departmental studies of ABM involving 1784 children
- Subjects :
- Male
Microbiology (medical)
Malawi
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Nutritional Status
HIV Infections
Logistic regression
Article
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Meningitis, Bacterial
Odds
Risk Factors
Odds Ratio
medicine
Humans
Coma
Risk factor
Child
Retrospective Studies
Analysis of Variance
business.industry
Infant
Retrospective cohort study
Odds ratio
medicine.disease
Logistic Models
Treatment Outcome
Infectious Diseases
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Meningitis
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 08913668
- Volume :
- 32
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e524a837663762b449fd4ec7ba7c6b4e