Bacterial meningitis in Sudanese children; critical evaluation of the clinical decision using clinical prediction rules.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sudan falls in the meningitis belt where most global cases of bacterial meningitis are reported. Highly accurate decision support tools have been developed by international specialized societies to guide the diagnosis and limit unnecessary hospital admissions and prolonged antibiotic use that have been frequently reported from countries around the world. The goals of this study are to critically evaluate the clinical decision of bacterial meningitis in children in Sudan using clinical prediction rules and to identify the current bacterial aetiology.

Methods

This cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted in October to July of 2010 in a major referral pediatric hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Febrile children age 1 day to 15 years who were provisionally diagno

SUBMITTER: Abdelrahim NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6729048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature