TY - JOUR
T1 - The clinical burden and predictors of sequelae following invasive meningococcal disease in Australian children
AU - Wang, Bing
AU - Clarke, Michelle
AU - Thomas, Natalie
AU - Howell, Stuart
AU - Afzali, Hossein H.aji Ali
AU - Marshall, Helen
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - 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).
AB - 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).
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U2 - 10.1097/INF.0000000000000043
DO - 10.1097/INF.0000000000000043
M3 - Article
C2 - 24030352
AN - SCOPUS:85027948864
SN - 0891-3668
VL - 33
SP - 316
EP - 318
JO - The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
JF - The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
IS - 3
ER -
