EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS IN CHILDREN IN MIDSOUTHERN PART OF TURKEY

被引：6

作者：

ALBAN, E

BOZDEMIR, N

YUKSEL, B

ONENLI, N

KOCABAS, E

AKSARAY, N

机构：

[1] Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana

[2] Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1995年 / 11卷 / 04期

关键词：

CHILDREN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PENICILLIN G ADMINISTRATION;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01721223

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

59 patients were treated for meningococcal infections in Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 50.8% of patients were male, 33.9% were under two years of age and 61% were under five. 78% of patients were admitted to hospital in winter and spring time. Meningococcal meningitis (MM) was present in 39% of patients on admission, however, meningococcemia in 27.1% and meningococcemia and meningococcic meningitis (Meningococcemia + MM) in 33.9%. Fatality rate was 18.6% and no association was found between mortality and clinical type of disease (p > 0.05), but mortality ratio decreased with an increasing age (p < 0.01). No deaths occurred among the 12 patients who received IV penicillin treatment shortly before admitting to hospital, on the other hand 11 of 47 patients (23.4%) without such a previous treatment died.

引用

页码：393 / 396

页数：4

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