دورية أكاديمية
Epidemiology of meningococcal infections in children in mid-southern part of Turkey
| العنوان: | Epidemiology of meningococcal infections in children in mid-southern part of Turkey |
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| المؤلفون: | Alhan E., Bozdemir N., Yüksel B., Önenli N., Kocabaş E., Aksaray N. |
| المساهمون: | Çukurova Üniversitesi |
| بيانات النشر: | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| سنة النشر: | 1995 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Children, Epidemiology, Meningococcal infections, Penicillin G administration |
| الوصف: | PubMedID: 8549705 ; 59 patients were treated for meningococcal infections in Çukurova 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. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | European Journal of Epidemiology; Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı; https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01721223Test; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12605/14606Test; 11; 393; 396 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF01721223 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/20.500.12605/14606Test https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01721223Test https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12605/14606Test |
| حقوق: | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.400BED61 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF01721223 |
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