Clinical outcome of neonatal bacterial meningitis according to birth weight.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical outcome and the complications of bacterial meningitis according to birth weight of out born neonates admitted in intensive care unit during an 11 year-period. METHOD:Eighty-seven newborns were studied. Thirty-four infants were low birth weight newborn and 53 presented birth weight >or= 2500 g. The clinical data were obtained through the analysis of patients files. Fishers exact test, the c2 and the Mann-Whitney test were applied. RESULTS:Neurological symptoms were more common in infants weighed >or= 2500 g (p<0.05). Complications affected half of the cases in both groups. Complications affected half of the cases in both groups, with an overall mortality rate of 11.5%. CONCLUSION:The rate of complications was high in both groups, regardless of the birth weight. No association was observed between the occurrence of death and birth weight. Infants with positive CSF culture had a poorer prognosis.

journal_name

Arq Neuropsiquiatr

authors

Krebs VL,Costa GA

doi

10.1590/s0004-282x2007000700011

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1149-53

issue

4B

eissn

0004-282X

issn

1678-4227

pii

S0004-282X2007000700011

journal_volume

65

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