Science news articles about 'meningitis in children'

... 15 deaths (6.0 percent) in children who received corticosteroids and 102 deaths (4. ... Second, the case fatality rate in pneumococcal meningitis in children is lower in comparison with the case fatality ...

... children.Hib is one of the causes of severe pneumonia and meningitis among children. Each year, Hib is estimated to ... deaths globally, the majority of them among children under five years of age. Even ...

... types of life-threatening infections also effectively reduced the rates of another disease, pneumococcal meningitis, in children and adults, according to a multi-center study led by the University of ...

... types of life-threatening infections also effectively reduced the rates of another disease, pneumococcal meningitis, in children and adults, according to a multi-centre study led by the University of ...

... bacterial pneumonia and deadly bloodstream infections in the United States. It can also cause bacterial meningitis in children and adults. In its less severe forms it commonly causes ear infections. ...

... . Even with treatment, an estimated 23,000 children die of Hib disease in Pakistan every year. ... cases, and it is the most common cause of life-threatening meningitis in children under 5 years of age ...