National 14 years survey of 171 cases nosocomial meningitis in children and comparison of two periods 1993-1998 to 1999-2006.
Comparative Study
2007; 28(Suppl 2): 11-14
PubMed PMID: 17558366
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Keywords:
Child, Child, Preschool, Cross Infection:epidemiology, Data Collection, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections:epidemiology, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Meningitis, Bacterial:epidemiology, Risk Factors, Slovakia:epidemiology, Staphylococcal Infections:ep.
: In 1993-1998 and in 1999-2004 we have performed two surveys of pediatric bacterial meningitis in all 8 neurosurgery/pediatrics and infectious diseases departments in Slovakia. We have detected 101 and another 54 cases with attributable mortality of 15% and sequellae in 18%....
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Rudinsky B, Ondrusova A, Kisac P, Sramka M, Beno P, Miklosko J, Freybergh P, Bauer F, Huttova M. National 14 years survey of 171 cases nosocomial meningitis in children and comparison of two periods 1993-1998 to 1999-2006. Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2007 Jun; 28(Suppl 2): 11-14