%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiological, Clinical, Bacteriological and Evolutionary Profiles of Bacterial Meningitis in Children in Bangui (CAR)
%A Synthia Ningatoloum Nazita
%A Simplice Cyriaque Kango
%A Carine Judith Kiteze Nguinzan¨¦mou
%A Rostand Juste Koyangboi Kombaya
%A Iris Vanessa Gaspiet Sonny
%A Brice Olivier Bogning Mejiozem
%A Franck Houndjahoue
%A Jean Chrysostome Gody
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 553-561
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2023.134062
%X <strong>Background:</strong><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Bacterial meningitis is a major public health problem worldwide due to
its severity. It is a vaccine-preventable disease. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methodology:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> It </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">was a retrospective descriptive study conducted at
the Pediatric Teaching Hospital </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">of Bangui from June 2019 to May 2021.
Children aged 1 month to 15 years hospitalized for bacterial meningitis were
included in the study. Data were entered and analyzed using Stata/IC version
16.1. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Of 2490 pati</span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ents
hospitalized during the study period, 122 (4.9%) had bacterial meningitis. The
patients were male in 54.92% of cases with a sex ratio of 1.21. The mean age
was 35.95 months ¡À 49.16. Most of the patients (84.42%) came directly from
home. The average consultation delay was 3.4 days ¡À 2.6. The vaccination coverage
was 56.55%. The CSF study isolated germs from 24 patients (19.67%), the main
ones being </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">S.</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">pneumoniae</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (75%) and </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">H.</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">influenzae</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (16.67%). Ceftriaxone was
prescribed alone or in combination in all cases as first-li</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ne treatment.
The average duration of antibiotic therapy was 8.95 days. The mortality rate
was 27.87% and 12.30 % of patients had sequelae. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusion:</span></b> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Bacterial meningitis is common in Bangui and still
poses a public health problem </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">despite the introduction of new vaccines
in the EPI. Improving vaccination coverage and raising awareness for early
consultation could improve the situation.</span></span></span></span>
%K Bacterial Meningitis
%K Child
%K Bangui
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=126550