Long-term outcomes of pneumococcal meningitis in childhood and adolescence

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 997-1006

  Christie, Deborah ^a   Viner, Russell M ^a   Knox, Kyle ^b,c   Coen, Pietro G ^d   Wang, Han ^f   El Bashir, Haitham ^d   Legood, Rosa ^b   Patel, Bharat C ^e   Booy, Robert ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

IQ; Meningitis; Outcome study; Quality of life; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960955637     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1390-5     Document Type: Article

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