Risk of bacterial meningitis in young children with a first seizure in the context of fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Risk of bacterial meningitis in young children with a first seizure in the context of fever: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Of major concern in any febrile child presenting with a seizure is the possibility of bacterial meningitis (BM). We did a systematic review to estimate the risk of BM among various subgroups of young children with a first seizure in the context of fever, and to assess...

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Main Authors: Abolfazl Najaf-Zadeh, François Dubos, Valérie Hue, Isabelle Pruvost, Ania Bennour, Alain Martinot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0055270&type=printable
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