Pyogenic meningitis in Ilesa, Nigeria.
Indian Pediatr
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2005 Oct; 42(10): 1019-23
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-15302
ABSTRACT
This study was conducted in 124 children with meningitis to review the etiology, antimicrobial susceptibility and outcome of disease in a Nigerian tertiary health facility. Of these, 97 (78.27%) were culture positive; in the rest 27(21.8%), diagnosis was based on Gram staining of the CSF. Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were isolated in 33.9%, 33.9%, 5.6%, 2.4%, and 2.4% samples respectively. All the isolates had 100 percent; sensitivity to both ceftriaxone and ciprofloxacin while the sensitivities to penicillin and ampicillin were remarkably low. The mortality was 33/124 (26.6%) while 16/ 91 (17.6%) of the survivors had various neurologic sequelae.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Seasons
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Incidence
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Adolescent
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Meningitis, Bacterial
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Sex Distribution
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian Pediatr
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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