Meningoencefalitis bacteriana. Hospital Pediátrico “José Luis Miranda”. Cuba. 2007-2012
Journal Title: Revista Eugenio Espejo - Year 2018, Vol 12, Issue 2
Abstract
A non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out at the “José Luís Miranda” University Pediatric Hospital, in the province of Villa Clara-Cuba, during the period 2007 – 2012. The total population of the study was composed of 56 cases interpreted by the diagnostic method of Infectious Neurological Syndrome: bacterial meningoencephali-tis, whose participants were selected from the Obligatory Declaration Cards (ODC). The data was collected by reviewing documents (medical records) and these were processed using descriptive statistics. 42.86% of the patients were children under one year of age; likewise, 21.43% was caused by meningococcus and a similar number by pneumococcus. A predomi-nance of the masculine gender was observed. The etiology was mostly pneumococcal and meningococcal, the most frequent symptoms were fever, headache and poor vomiting; as well as the most important complication observed was the death of some patients.
Authors and Affiliations
Miqdad Haider Fatima Memorial Hospital, Pakistán Muhammad Nabeel Shafqat Teaching Hospital, Pakistán María Ofelia Hernández Oliver Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara, Cuba
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