PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | pneumococcal infections |
| Phenotype | C0025289|meningitis |
| Sentences | 7 |
| PubMedID- 20092671 | Pneumococcal meningitis is a subgroup of invasive pneumococcal disease with a case-fatality rate of up to 30% and long-term sequelae in more than 50% of cases in adults in developed countries. |
| 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- 21108778 | In 2008 new penicillin breakpoints for s. pneumoniae were published by the clsi [7], differentiating meningitis and non-meningitis cases of invasive pneumococcal disease (ipd). |
| PubMedID- 26148029 | Austrian syndrome is defined as the triad consisting of pneumonia, endocarditis and meningitis due to invasive streptococcus pneumoniae infection. |
| PubMedID- 26515409 | Pneumococcal meningitis is a form of pneumococcal disease associated with significant mortality and morbidity in children. |
| PubMedID- 21695128 | A prospective, observational study of the cytokine profile and genetic determinants of invasive pneumococcal disease (children presenting with pneumonia or meningitis) was undertaken at queen elizabeth central hospital (qech), blantyre, between 1st april 2004 and 30th october 2006. the details of the study participants and recruitment procedures have been previously reported [25], [26], [27]. |
| 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. |
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