Long-term outcomes of childhood meningitis
- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Mark Allen Group in Hospital Medicine
- Vol. 63 (5) , 274-277
- https://doi.org/10.12968/hosp.2002.63.5.2019
Abstract
Meningitis and meningococcal disease remain a major source of anxiety to paediatricians and parents alike. Survival rates have improved with rapid diagnosis and appropriate management. However, survivors remain at risk of long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae.Keywords
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