Meningococcal Disease among Children Who Live in a Large Metropolitan Area, 1981–1996

Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of serious bacterial infections in children. We undertook a study to identify meningococcal infections of the blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or both of children in a defined geographic area to describe the burden of disease and the spectrum of illness. We re...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2001-04, Vol.32 (7), p.1004-1009
Main Authors: Wang, Vincent J., Kuppermann, Nathan, Malley, Richard, Barnett, Elizabeth D., Meissner, H. Cody, Schmidt, Emmett V., Fleisher, Gary R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis
Biological and medical sciences
Boston - epidemiology
Child
Child health services
Child, Preschool
Children
Epidemiology
Female
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Major Articles
Male
Medical referrals
Medical sciences
Meningococcal infections
Meningococcal Infections - epidemiology
Meningococcal meningitis
Neisseria meningitidis
Pediatrics
Pneumonia
Prospective Studies
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Summary:Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of serious bacterial infections in children. We undertook a study to identify meningococcal infections of the blood, cerebrospinal fluid, or both of children in a defined geographic area to describe the burden of disease and the spectrum of illness. We reviewed the medical records of all children aged
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/319595