Clinical predictors of poor outcome of bacterial meningitis in infants less than 90 days: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

bacterial meningitis (BM) is more common in infants than at any other time in life and remains a devastating disease with considerable risk of death and morbidity. This article aims to gather the currently available evidence to perform a systematic review of clinical factors that may predict or be associated with BM death and/or sequelae in infants < 90 days of age.

Methods

The Medline/PubMed, Cochrane Library and Embase databases were systematically searched for prognostic studies that described risk factors for mortality and sequelae in infants aged <90d with BM. The databases were searched from the beginning of the database to December 31st, 2022.The quality of cohort studies was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). The quality of cross-section studies

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448124 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature