Factors contributing to delay in diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.

Abstract:

:I reviewed factors contributing to diagnostic delay in 12 children who had symptoms of meningitis for more than three days before diagnosis. Prior antibiotic therapy was more common in children with delayed diagnosis. Parental factors included possible neglect in one child and passivity and failure to recognize the seriousness of the illness in six children. Physicians failed to recognize prodromal symptoms in five cases. A lack of continuity of care was a contributing factor in nine cases.

journal_name

South Med J

journal_title

Southern medical journal

authors

Dunn DW

doi

10.1097/00007611-198409000-00014

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1115-7

issue

9

eissn

0038-4348

issn

1541-8243

journal_volume

77

pub_type

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