Demographic and pathogen characteristics of incident bacterial meningitis in infants in South Africa: A cohort study

Bacterial meningitis is a major cause of death, with an approximate case fatality rate of 37% across all age groups in South Africa. This study aimed to describe the demographic and pathogen characteristics of incident meningitis in children aged

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2024-09, Vol.19 (9), p.e0310528
Hauptverfasser:	Kiakuvue, Yannick Nkiambi, Mall, Sumaya, Govender, Nelesh, Gottberg, Anne von, Mashau, Rudzani, Meiring, Susan, Cohen, Cheryl
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acinetobacter baumannii Acinetobacter baumannii - isolation & purification Acinetobacter baumannii - pathogenicity Age Age groups Analysis Bacteria Bacteria, Pathogenic Bacterial meningitis Bacterial pneumonia Biology and Life Sciences Causes of Cerebrospinal fluid Children Cohort Studies Culture Demographic aspects Demographics Demography Diseases Epidemics Etiology Female Haemophilus influenzae Haemophilus Vaccines Humans Hygiene Identification and classification Immunization Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Infants Infants (Newborn) Klebsiella Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae - isolation & purification Klebsiella pneumoniae - pathogenicity Laboratories Male Medicine and Health Sciences Meningitis Meningitis, Bacterial - epidemiology Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology Neonates Nosocomial infection Pathogens Pediatric research People and places Pneumococcal Vaccines Pneumonia Population Population studies Risk assessment South Africa - epidemiology Statistics Streptococcus infections Streptococcus pneumoniae Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification Streptococcus pneumoniae - pathogenicity Vaccination Vaccines Warehouse stores
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Zusammenfassung:	Bacterial meningitis is a major cause of death, with an approximate case fatality rate of 37% across all age groups in South Africa. This study aimed to describe the demographic and pathogen characteristics of incident meningitis in children aged
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0310528