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Risk of Bacterial Meningitis in Young Children with a First Seizure in the Context of Fever: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND: 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 the utility of rout...

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Autores principales: Najaf-Zadeh, Abolfazl, Dubos, François, Hue, Valérie, Pruvost, Isabelle, Bennour, Ania, Martinot, Alain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23383133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055270