Meningococcal meningitis in childhood. A five-year study of meningococcal meningitis in Ibadan, southern Nigeria.
Meningococcal meningitis is uncommon in the rain belt of southern Nigeria. Only twenty-six children were treated in one hospital in five years. Almost half the total number were seen during the four dry months of the year. However, the incidence in any one year was not necessarily correlated with the season. It appears that the longer the disease lasted before admission, the better the prognosis. Also, if the disease was severe enough to require admission within 24 hours of onset, the prognosis was poor. Survivors did not develop complications.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009549:Nigeria; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011446:Prospective Studies
D010406:Penicillins; D002701:Chloramphenicol