| [an analysis of prior antibiotic treatment on the impact of meningococcal disease in children of the valencian community. the study group of invasive diseases]. | the objective of this study was to describe the effect of antibiotics given prior to hospitalization of children with meningococcal disease and to assess their relationship with disease outcome and microbiological isolation. | 1999 | 10083636 |
| risk factors for invasive disease among children in spain. | to identify the risk factors related to invasive disease caused by haemophilus influenzae type b (hib), neisseria meningitidis, and streptococcus pneumoniae. | 2004 | 15066333 |
| [estimation of incidence and analysis of sepsis in an area of valencia (spain)]. | to study the incidence of sepsis in an area of valencia, as well as its characteristics, and to evaluate short-term outcomes. | 2007 | 17583618 |
| [evolution of meningococcal infection among infant population in the autonomous community of valencia (1996-2000). effectiveness of a+c meningococcal vaccination]. | the increase in meningococcal disease caused by serogroup c in the autonomous community of valencia during the 1996-1997 period gave rise to an a + c meningococcal vaccination campaign having been conducted targeting the population ranging from 18 months to 19 years of age. the purpose of this study is that of analyzing the impact of this campaign regarding the epidemiology, clinical aspects and evolution of meningococcal disease and the vaccination status of the youth population for the purpose ... | 2003 | 12696392 |
| epidemiological pattern of meningococcal disease in valencia, spain. impact of a mass immunization campaign with meningococcal c polysaccharide vaccine. | the objective of this study was to define the epidemiological pattern of meningococcal disease in the autonomous region of valencia, spain, and the impact of a mass immunization campaign against serogroup c meningococcus. data were obtained from a prospective surveillance program for invasive bacterial diseases in children < 15 y of age that began in the valencia region on 1 december, 1995. during the period 1996-98, 213 cases of meningococcal disease were detected, representing an annual incide ... | 2001 | 11525350 |
| [epidemiology of haemophilus influenzae type b, neisseria meningitidis, and streptococcus pneumoniae in children in the valencia community, spain. acute diseases study group]. | to asses the incidence of haemophilus influenzae type b (hib), neisseria meningitidis and streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in children of de valencian community (vc), spain, and to describe the microbiologic characteristics. | 1998 | 9533202 |
| [meningococcal disease in spain, 1990-1997. change in its epidemiological pattern]. | in spain, the presentation of meningococcal disease in the 1980s was closely linked to the predominance of n. meningitidis serogroup b. this situation changed at the beginning of the 1990s, observing a growing trend of serogroup c strains in the isolation procedures carried out in some areas of the country, together with an increase in the incidence of the disease starting in the 1995-1996 season. the purpose of this study is to characterise the epidemiological pattern of meningococcal disease i ... | 2000 | 11031848 |