title: [Childhood passive smoking and purulent meningitis].
abstract: The relationship between purulent meningitis and passive smoking were investigated in 63 children with purulent meningitis aged 1-12 years against 63 children with non-purulent meningitis as control. It was found that the odds ratio of purulent meningitis for children receiving passive smoking was 3.0, and the 95% confident limit was greater than 1 (P < 0.05). There was significant dose-effect relationship between the daily dosage of cigarette smoked by family members and the odds ratio of purulent meningitis (P < 0.005). It suggests that passive smoking is one of the risk factors for purulent meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical College, Xian.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution