A review of the clinical presentation, laboratory features, antimicrobial therapy and outcome of 77 episodes of pneumococcal meningitis occurring in children and adults

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Seventy-seven episodes of pneumococcal meningitis in 69 patients were reviewed. Twelve (15.6%) episodes occurred in those over 60 years old, 14 (18.2%) in patients between 10 and 60 years, 22 (28.6%) in patients between 2 and 10 years and 29 (37.7%) in those under 2 years. Overall mortality was 13.0 …
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Authors Kirkpatrick B;Reeves DS;MacGowan AP;;
Journal the journal of infection
Year 1994
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7806880
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine treatment outcome adult female male age factors adolescent aged middle aged Child Recurrence Comparative Study preschool risk factors anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use meningitis united kingdom / epidemiology streptococcus pneumoniae / isolation & purification pmid:7806880 doi:10.1016/s0163-4453(94)90698-x b kirkpatrick d s reeves a p macgowan hearing disorders / complications pneumococcal* / complications pneumococcal* / drug therapy pneumococcal* / epidemiology pneumococcal* / mortality

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