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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
The records for 69 patients with meningococcal disease during 13 years in Orebro County were reviewed. The mean incidence during this period was 2.0/100 000 persons/year. The age group less than 1 year had the highest incidence, 15/100 000 infants/year. The mortality was 7.2% and sequelae were found in 13% of the patients. Four factors were significantly more frequent in the 7 patients with psycho-neurological sequelae: (1) Age greater than 40 years; (2) A condition prior to meningococcal disease that might have been associated with a lowered resistance; (3) Muscular hypertonia and/or marked irritability on admission; (4) Fever greater than 8 days after initiation of adequate treatment. Prodromal symptoms from the upper respiratory tract were noted in 50% of the cases. Signs and symptoms before and on admission, laboratory data and complicating events were analysed for each of 4 groups: meningitis without meningococcemia (12 patients); meningitis with meningococcemia (46): fulminant meningococcemia without meningitis (6); and benign meningococcemia (5).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0036-5548
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
111-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Meningitis and bacteremia due to Neisseria meningitidis: clinical and laboratory findings in 69 cases from Orebro county, 1965 to 1977.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article