National Bacterial Meningitis Study
National Observatory of Bacterial Meningitis in Children and Newborns
Association Clinique Thérapeutique Infantile du val de Marne
8,230 participants
Jan 1, 2001
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Bacterial meningitis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. Antibiotic treatment recommendations are based on epidemiological and susceptibility data. The epidemiology of bacterialméningitis has changed in recent years, mainly owing to widespread use of different conjugate vaccines. The aim of this prospective national survey is to describe epidemiology of bacteria implicated in bacterial meningitis in children.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria2
- clinical signs of meningitis, associated with positive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture and/or positive CSF antigen testing (Escherichia coli K1, N. meningitidis serogroups B, A, C, Y and W-135, group B streptococci, Hib, or S. pneumoniae), and/or positive CSF polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and/or positive blood culture with CSF pleocytosis (\> 10 cells/µL).
- purpura fulminans
Exclusion Criteria1
- \-
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Interventions
observational study
Locations(1)
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NCT04664569