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Bacterial Meningitis

Some Factors Weigh Heavier for Predicting Outcomes in Newborns with Meningitis

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 7th, 2000

Bacterial meningitis is a serious illness, especially in infants. In some instances severe neurological impairments can occur, and the worst cases are fatal.

Researchers in Toronto, Canada, at the Hospital for Sick Children have developed a prediction model enabling practitioners to identify children with bacterial meningitis who will probably have more adverse outcomes than others.

The model, developed by G. Klinger and others in the Division of Neonatology, was designed using standard analytical methods ("Predicting the outcome of neonatal bacterial meningitis," Pediatrics, 2000;106(3):477-482).

"Predictors of adverse...

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