- The clinical features and long-term sequelae of invasive meningococcal disease in children.
The clinical features and long-term sequelae of invasive meningococcal disease in children.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2014-03-14)
Chen Stein-Zamir, Hanna Shoob, Irina Sokolov, Amin Kunbar, Nitza Abramson, Deena Zimmerman
PMID24622347
ABSTRACT
We evaluated the outcome of invasive meningococcal disease in children <15 years of age (n = 181). Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B comprised 78% of bacterial isolates. Case fatality rate was 11.6%. In follow-up interviews (115/160 survivors, 72%), at least 1 long-term sequela was reported in 38/115 children (33%), including learning-academic difficulties (22.6%), hearing impairment (7%), neurologic (12.2%), behavioral (14.8%) and motor (10.4%) deficits.
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