title: [Purulent meningitis at a semi-rural hospital in the forest area of the Ivory Coast].
abstract: Authors describe 159 purulent meningitis cases among children admitted in the Dabou Protestant Hospital (56 km far from Abidjan). Etiologies are dominated by Hemophilus and Pneumococcus. The case-fatality rate varies between 22% and 78% according to age and 22,4% and 47,2% according to germ concerned. The after effect rate is about 25%.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Protestant, Dabou.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: de Bary
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Soro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Seynaeve
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schuermann
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Les méningites purulentes dans un hopital semi-rural de la zone forestière de Cote d'Ivoire.