Paediatric meningitis in the conjugate vaccine era and a novel clinical decision model to predict bacterial aetiology

The aims of this study were to assess aetiology and clinical characteristics in childhood meningitis, and develop clinical decision rules to distinguish bacterial meningitis from other similar clinical syndromes.

Source: Journal of Infection - March 26, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Martin NG, Defres S, Willis L, Beckley R, Hardwick H, Coxon A, Kadambari S, Yu L-M, Liu X, Galal U, Conlin K, Griffiths MJ, Kneen R, Nadel S, Heath PT, Kelly DF, Solomon T, Sadarangani M, Pollard AJ, on behalf of the UK-ChiMES and ENCEPH-UK study groups Source Type: research