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2117679

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate the role of coincident respiratory viral and mycoplasmal agents in the pathogenesis of meningococcal meningitis, we performed a matched case-control study of 62 patients with group A meningococcal meningitis during an epidemic in Chad. Case patients were more likely than controls to have nasal colonization or infection with respiratory viruses and Mycoplasma species (matched odds ratio, 23; 95% confidence interval, 3.1 to 170). Respiratory pathogens were found more commonly in older patients with meningitis (odds ratios were 2.9 for children under age 5 years and 46.5 in those over age 15 years), consistent with the increasing risk of meningitis with age during epidemics. In controls, the presence of respiratory pathogens increased the risk of upper-respiratory-tract symptoms but did not significantly increase meningococcal carriage.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0098-7484
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
264
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1271-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Respiratory viruses and mycoplasma as cofactors for epidemic group A meningococcal meningitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article