Pediatric meningitis in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDonald P.R.
dc.contributor.authorCotton M.F.
dc.contributor.authorHendricks M.K.
dc.contributor.authorSchaaf H.S.
dc.contributor.authorDe Villiers J.N.
dc.contributor.authorWillemse T.E.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:17:13Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:17:13Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractDuring the 9 years 1985-1993 a prospective survey of all cases of meningitis in children < 13 years of age presenting to our hospital in the Western Cape Province of South Africa was carried out. Two-thousand-nine-hundred-and-twenty cases of meningitis were identified. The commonest form of bacterial meningitis was tuberculous meningitis (TBM) diagnosed in 282 children (mean age 2.94 years). N. meningitidis identified in 220 children (mean age 2.87 years), Haemophilus influenzae in 156 children (mean age 1.15 years) and S. pneumoniae in 106 children (mean age 2.14) were the next commonest causes of bacterial meningitis diagnosed. One-hundred-and-eighteen cases of bacterial meningitis were confirmed in infants < 1 month of age and the commonest bacteria identified were group B beta-haemolytic Streptococcus in 27, E. coli in 21, Klebsiella species in 11, and Candida species in 15 neonates. The emergence of TBM as the predominant cause of bacterial meningitis in childhood at our hospital is probably a reflection of the worsening tuberculosis situation in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Tropical Pediatrics
dc.identifier.citation42
dc.identifier.citation5
dc.identifier.issn01426338
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/14123
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectbacterial meningitis
dc.subjectbeta hemolytic streptococcus
dc.subjectcandida
dc.subjectchild
dc.subjectescherichia coli
dc.subjecthaemophilus influenzae
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectinfant
dc.subjectklebsiella
dc.subjectmajor clinical study
dc.subjectneisseria meningitidis
dc.subjectpreschool child
dc.subjectprospective study
dc.subjectsouth africa
dc.subjectstreptococcus pneumoniae
dc.subjecttuberculous meningitis
dc.subjectAdolescent
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectChild, Preschool
dc.subjectData Collection
dc.subjectDeveloping Countries
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectIncidence
dc.subjectMeningitis, Bacterial
dc.subjectProspective Studies
dc.subjectRisk Factors
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectSurvival Rate
dc.titlePediatric meningitis in the Western Cape Province of South Africa
dc.typeArticle
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