Long-term impact of invasive meningococcal disease in children: SEINE study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is still an important cause of mortality in children and survivors can have significant long-term disabling sequelae. There are few prospective studies looking at the long term neuropsychological and developmental consequences of IMD in surviving children, and the rate of sequelae may be underestimated. The SEINE study aims to have a more reliable estimate of the real rate of sequelae by assessing the long-term physical, neuropsychological, learning disorders and sensory sequelae of IMD in children and adolescents and by assessing the post-traumatic stress in parents.

Methods and analysis

The SEINE study is a multicentre, prospective, non-randomized, interventional study based on the French bacterial meningitis surveillance n

SUBMITTER: Baloche A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9135194 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature