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7671946

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-17
pubmed:abstractText
Meningococcal disease (MCD) can present as meningitis, meningitis plus septicaemia or septicaemia alone. This 17-year retrospective study sought to determine if the proportion of cases presenting as septicaemia alone was increasing. Four hundred and forty-nine children with MCD were admitted between 1977 and 1993, 50 children died (11%). The proportion of cases with septicaemia alone increased from 7% in 1977-1985 to 36% in 1990-1993 (P < 0.0005). Mortality was highest in children with septicaemia alone (19%). Despite the increase in septicaemia, overall mortality did not alter over the 17 years. CONCLUSION: MCD should not be thought of as "meningitis", since 33% of cases now present as septicaemia alone. Nearly one in five children with septicaemia alone die. Information and publicity about MCD should focus on septicaemia, characterised by a petechial rash, as the life-threatening presentation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0340-6199
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
154
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
472-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
The changing presentations of meningococcal disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Child Health, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't