| Title |
Clinical indicators of bacterial meningitis among neonates and young infants in rural Kenya
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-11-301 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael K Mwaniki, Alison W Talbert, Patricia Njuguna, Mike English, Eugene Were, Brett S Lowe, Charles R Newton, James A Berkley |
| Abstract |
Meningitis is notoriously difficult to diagnose in infancy because its clinical features are non-specific. World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines suggest several indicative signs, based on limited data. We aimed to identify indicators of bacterial meningitis in young infants in Kenya, and compared their performance to the WHO guidelines. We also examined the feasibility of developing a scoring system for meningitis. |
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|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 81 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 15% |
| Researcher | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 16% |
| Unknown | 24 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 31 | 38% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 24 | 29% |
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