title: [Three years of acute bacterial meningitis in the pediatric service at the Temuco Regional Hospital].
abstract: The aim of this work was to study the clinical, epidemiological and laboratory features of 90 children, hospitalized between 1988 and 1991 with the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in a region with a high proportion of aboriginal population. Twenty six percent of studied patients were of mapuche origin. The causative organism was identified in 82% of cases (H influenzae in 38% of cases, S pneumoniae in 29% and N meningitidis in 10%). H influenzae was resistant to ampicillin in 16% of cases and resistant to chloramphenicol in 4%. This agent was identified in 52% of patients of mapuche origin compared with 33% of non mapuche patients. Seventy three percent of children were less than 2 years old. Thirty seven percent of children had complications during hospitalization, 12 children died (13.3%) and 38% of children had neurological sequelae at the moment of discharge.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boehme
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serra
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Illesca
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reydet
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Tres años de meningitis bacteriana aguda en servicio de pediatria del Hospital Regional de Temuco.