Risk of sequelae after invasive meningococcal disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a rare but severe bacterial infection, of which a high proportion of survivors are affected by sequelae. In Denmark, IMD is a notifiable disease and data collection on sequelae information has been automated, enabling studies of sequelae due to IMD diagnosed after discharge. The aim of this study was to examine possible determinants for sequelae after IMD and to describe the distribution of sequelae by age, serogroup and clinical presentation, for all cases in Denmark from 2005-2020.

Methods

Data from The National Database for Notifiable Infectious Diseases was linked to data from The Danish National Patient Register and the Civil Registration System. Logistic regression models were used to study whether age, serogroup and/o

SUBMITTER: Voss SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8831877 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature