Meningococcal meningitis: clinical and laboratorial characteristics, fatality rate and variables associated with in-hospital mortality

Meningococcal meningitis: clinical and laboratorial characteristics, fatality rate and variables associated with in-hospital mortality

ABSTRACT Meningococcal meningitis is a public health problem. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with meningococcal meningitis, and to identify associated factors with mortality. This was a retrospective study, between 2006 and 2011, at a referral center i...

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Main Authors: Vanessa L. Strelow, Érique José F. Peixoto de Miranda, Karin R. Kolbe, Juliana V. Souza Framil, Augusto Penalva de Oliveira, José E. Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
meningitis, meningococcal
Neisseria meningitidis
epidemiology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016001100875&lng=en&tlng=en

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