Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

Clinical And Bacterial Profile Of Pyogenic Meningitis in Children

Haricharan K R

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AIM  To describe the epidemiological, clinical,bacterial and epidemiological profile ofPyogenic meningitis(PM) in children aged between 3 months to 15 years. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study of all cases of pyogenic meningitis collected in the Department of pediatrics of Adichunchanagiri Institute of medical sciences, during a period of June2012–May2014.Thirty cases of bacterial meningitis based on inclusion and exclusion criteria were recorded and their profile analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS Majority of the cases (92%) occurred during infancy. The most frequent species were Streptococcus pneumonia(43%) and Haemophilusinfluenza(40%) followed by Neisseria meningitides(6%) . The main clinical manifestations were fever (100 %), seizures (28 %) and vomiting (22 %). Bulging fontanel was noted in 15cases (55 %), somnolence in 11 cases (40 %) and axial hypotonia in 12 cases (44 %). 29% of the children were found to have post meningitis sequel

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HARICHARAN K R Clinical And Bacterial Profile Of Pyogenic Meningitis in Children International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 10 October 2014

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