PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | meningitis |
| Phenotype | C0032269|pneumococcal infection |
| Sentences | 4 |
| PubMedID- 22229033 | Although this has led to a reduction in severe pneumococcal infections of approximately 50%, meningitis due to streptococcus pneumoniae continues to occur (source: http://www.rivm.nl/). |
| PubMedID- 22144893 | Global estimates suggest that approximately one and a half million deaths due to pneumonia, bacteraemia and meningitis are associated with pneumococcal infection annually, around two thirds of these occur in children in resource-poor countries [1]–[3]. |
| PubMedID- 23581282 | Here, we report an unusual case of a disseminated pneumococcal infection with meningitis, endocarditis, spondylodiscitis, and muscle abscess in an asplenic patient on chronic immunosuppressive therapy for liver transplantation performed 17 years before. |
| PubMedID- 20092671 | Risk factor analysis for pneumococcal meningitis in adults with invasive pneumococcal infection. |
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