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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The clinical burden and predictors of sequelae following invasive meningococcal disease in Australian children |
Author: | Wang, B. Clarke, M. Thomas, N. Howell, S. Afzali, H. Marshall, H. |
Citation: | The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2014; 33(3):316-318 |
Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
Issue Date: | 2014 |
ISSN: | 0891-3668 1532-0987 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Bing Wang, Michelle Clarke, Natalie Thomas, Stuart Howell, Hossein Haji Ali Afzali, Helen Marshall |
Abstract: | Of 109 children admitted to a tertiary paediatric hospital with a diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease from 2000-2011, 37.6% (n = 41) developed sequelae; for serogroup B, 41.3% developed sequelae. Independent predictors of sequelae included: fever ≥ 39 °C on hospital presentation [odds ratio (OR): 4.5; P = 0.012] and a diagnosis of septicemia with meningitis compared with septicemia alone (OR: 15.5; P < 0.001) and meningitis alone (OR: 7.8; P = 0.002). |
Keywords: | Invasive meningococcal disease; sequelae |
Rights: | © 2014 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
DOI: | 10.1097/INF.0000000000000043 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1016272 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/inf.0000000000000043 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Paediatrics publications |
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