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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1979-9-27
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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).
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:issn |
0036-5548
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
11
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
111-9
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Meningitis, Meningococcal,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Meningococcal Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Neisseria meningitidis,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Prognosis,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Sepsis,
pubmed-meshheading:111345-Sweden
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pubmed:year |
1979
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Meningitis and bacteremia due to Neisseria meningitidis: clinical and laboratory findings in 69 cases from Orebro county, 1965 to 1977.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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