| risk factors for death from meningococcal infection in recife, brazil. | to determine the case fatality rate and risk factors for death in children with invasive meningococcal infection, 163 children admitted with meningococcal disease to the instituto materno infantil de pernambuco, a tertiary paediatric teaching hospital in recife, brazil, were included in this retrospective cohort study. cases were categorised as meningitis, septicaemia and septicaemia with meningitis. forty-six (28.2 per cent) children had meningitis alone, 88 (54 per cent) septicaemia and mening ... | 2005 | 16000346 |