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Article: Post-traumatic meningitis in children
Title | Post-traumatic meningitis in children |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 1986 |
Publisher | Elsevier Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/injury |
Citation | Injury, 1986, v. 17 n. 6, p. 407-409 How to Cite? |
Abstract | A retrospective survey over a 66-month period of children admitted with head injury who subsequently developed meningitis within the same period yielded six cases (five boys, one girl), giving an incidence of 0.38 per cent. Two of the six died, and four survived with no sequelae. Four cases occurred within the first week. One patient, who had received prophylactic antibiotics, developed Escherichia coli meningitis after 14 days and one had meningitis 2 years after the head injury. The most common organism was pneumococcus (four cases). Three patients had periorbital haematomas and none had cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Increasing drowsiness and fever were the most consistent features. Radiography of the skull was of little use in demonstrating fracture of the base of the skull. Two of the four surviving patients had craniotomy with successful dural repair. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/170218 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.728 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lau, YL | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kenna, AP | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-10-30T06:06:45Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-10-30T06:06:45Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1986 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Injury, 1986, v. 17 n. 6, p. 407-409 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0020-1383 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/170218 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A retrospective survey over a 66-month period of children admitted with head injury who subsequently developed meningitis within the same period yielded six cases (five boys, one girl), giving an incidence of 0.38 per cent. Two of the six died, and four survived with no sequelae. Four cases occurred within the first week. One patient, who had received prophylactic antibiotics, developed Escherichia coli meningitis after 14 days and one had meningitis 2 years after the head injury. The most common organism was pneumococcus (four cases). Three patients had periorbital haematomas and none had cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Increasing drowsiness and fever were the most consistent features. Radiography of the skull was of little use in demonstrating fracture of the base of the skull. Two of the four surviving patients had craniotomy with successful dural repair. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/injury | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Injury | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child, Preschool | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Craniocerebral Trauma - Complications | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Escherichia Coli Infections - Etiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Infant | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Meningitis - Etiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Meningitis, Pneumococcal - Etiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Retrospective Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Streptococcal Infections - Etiology | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Streptococcus Pyogenes | en_US |
dc.title | Post-traumatic meningitis in children | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lau, YL:lauylung@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Lau, YL=rp00361 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/0020-1383(86)90082-3 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 3546128 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0022994819 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 17 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 407 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 409 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:A1986E908300013 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lau, YL=7201403380 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Kenna, AP=6602327342 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0020-1383 | - |