Neonatal Viral Meningitis and Neurodevelopment
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Neonatal meningitis
Twelve years ago an annotation was published in Archives of Disease in Childhood regarding the antibiotic treatment of suspected neonatal meningitis. The authors recommended the use of cephalosporins rather than chloramphenicol and advocated intraventricular aminoglycoside treatment in selected cases. They noted the absence of clinical trials with third generation cephalosporins that showed an ...
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Some of the main features of neonatal meningitis, studied in a defined population of infants, are reviewed. The incidence rate was twenty-six cases per 100 000 live-births. The case fatality rate was 43%. Gram-negative intestinal bacilli were the commonest infecting organisms. Streptococci accounted for an important minority of cases. It is stressed that neonatal meningitis usually presents as ...
متن کاملNeonatal meningitis
in neonates than any other age group.1 In spite of considerable advances in antimicrobial treatment, neonatal meningitis remains a scourge with a high mortality and frequent permanent neurological sequelae. The causative agents of neonatal sepsis vary between geographical areas and with time in any particular locality. In North America and Europe, the prevalent bacterial agents of early-onset n...
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalent bacterial agents of neonatal meningitis and their antibiotic susceptibility in a referral intensive care unit in Assir Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia, during the years 1993-1998. METHODS Records of newborn infants with positive cerebrospinal fluid culture during the period were retrospectively studied. RESULTS There were 1473 nursery admissions, of which...
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Viral meningitis is a central nervous system (CNS) infection characterized by signs and symptoms of meningeal inflammation in the absence of positive bacterial cultures. The incidence varies with season, and the clinical presentation often includes fever, headache, and nuchal rigidity (stiffness of the neck) accompanied by symptoms typical of the specific causal virus. Viral meningitis is usual...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1996
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-10-7-11