ArticleJournal of epidemiology and global health2018
Epidemiology of Meningitis in Oman-Implications for Future Surveillance.
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- Determining the bacterial and viral meningitis trend in Iraq from 2007 till 2023 using joinpoint regression.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Outbreak of Meningitis in Iraq in 2023.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
- Meningococcal disease within the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Review
- Pentraxin 3 in the cerebrospinal fluid during central nervous system infections: A retrospective cohort study.PloS one · 2023Article
- The Epidemiology of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Narrative Review with Updated Analysis.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to understand the epidemiology of meningitis cases admitted to hospitals in Oman and to identify any changing microbial patterns from the introduction of the new vaccines.
methodsA retrospective analysis of all cases of meningitis reported through a national surveillance system. Meningitis is a notifiable disease.
resultsOf a total of 581 cases of meningitis from the period between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2013, 15% (88) were confirmed to be bacterial in origin and 7.2% (42/581) viral. In 50.9% (296) of patients with suspected pyogenic meningitis, no specific bacterial pathogen were identified, and in 26% of cases (151) a cerebrospinal fluid study could not be undertaken. Among 88 cases with confirmed bacterial pathogens the organisms identified were
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