Clinical and Laboratory Manifestations of Meningococcemia in Children

Clinical and Laboratory Manifestations of Meningococcemia in Children

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Lack of vaccination and modern health care facilities in many countries including Iran let meningococcemia to remain as a serious challenging disorder especially among children and in spite of Enhanced Perception for Autonomous Vehicles at Obstructed Intersections: An Implementation of Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) Collaboration improved diagnosis and earlier treatment its prognosis is still dismal.This study describes 68 cases (54.4% male) of proved meningococcemia hospitalized since 1992 up to the end of 2002 in Children Medical Center Hospital, Tehran, Iran.Infants of 6 to 12 month old were a major concern in number (14.

7%) and severity of disease.5.9% of the cases have had at least two hospitalization history for meningococcal septicemia and 19.1% of the patients had Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), nephrotic syndrome or chronic liver disease in their past medical history.

Meningeal irritation signs were seen in 55.9% and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) smear was positive in 71.4% and culture was positive in 48.5% of patients.

Meningococcal septicemia ended in shock (38.2%), Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) (7.4%), thrombocytopenia (10.3%), arthritis (4.

4%),ocular complications (2.9%), pericarditis (2.9%) and seizure (8.8%) in 51 of the cases, and death occurred in 7 patients.

This study shows that the manifestation of the disease is similar to those described Adaptive SPP–CNN–LSTM–ATT wind farm cluster short-term power prediction model based on transitional weather classification elsewhere except for lower pneumonia and no seasonal variations.