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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-16
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Cerebrospinal fluid genome counts were determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction from 121 children: 36 with Streptococcus pneumoniae and 85 with Haemophilus influenzae meningitis. To examine the interactions of genome count and to determine its prognostic importance, we projected the results against findings on admission and different outcomes. The genome count varied vastly in both meningitides ranging from 0 to 9,250,000/microL. The genome quantity was weakly associated with only some of the patient findings on admission. High counts predicted neurologic (odds ratio [OR]=1.36; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.09-1.69; P=0.006 for 1 log increase) but not audiologic sequelae. They also predicted death in S .pneumoniae (OR=2.05; 95% CI, 1.08-3.87; P=0.03) but not in H. influenzae meningitis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1879-0070
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Child, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Genome, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Haemophilus influenzae type b, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Hearing Loss, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Meningitis, Haemophilus, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Meningitis, Pneumococcal, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Nervous System Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Statistics, Nonparametric, pubmed-meshheading:18990528-Streptococcus pneumoniae
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Microbial genome count in cerebrospinal fluid compared with clinical characteristics in pneumococcal and Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis in children.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Health Sciences, University Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. irmeli.roine@vtr.net
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't