Pneumococcal meningitis mortality in children. Prognostic factors in a series of 73 cases;Mortalité par méningites à pneumocoque chez l'enfant. Facteurs pronostiques à propos d'une série de 73 observations

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 334-337

  Thabet, F ^a   Tilouche, S ^a   Tabarki, B ^a   Amri, F ^b   Guediche, M N ^c   Sfar, M T ^d   Harbi, A ^e   Yacoub, M ^a   Essoussi, A S ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Ibn El Jazzar De Kairouan   (Tunisia)

^c FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d Tahar Sfar University Hospital   (Tunisia)

^e SAHLOUL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Child; Meningitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FOSFOMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMA; CONVULSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC RISK OF MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK; STEROID THERAPY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNISIA;

EID: 33947657882     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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