| bacterial meningitis in children in southern ghana. | one hundred and three children (1% of seriously ill children referred to the korle bu teaching hospital in accra) were admitted with bacterial meningitis over a 17 month period. 43 of these children had been ill for more than 4 days before arrival at our centre. the main causative organisms were s. pneumoniae (47.9%), neisseria meningitides (38.4%) and haemophilus influenzae (9.6%). all bacterial isolates were highly sensitive to ceftriaxone. resistance to penicillin and chloramphenicol was howe ... | 1994 | 7925039 |
| safety monitoring of a new pentavalent vaccine in the expanded programme on immunisation in ghana. | safety monitoring of vaccines used in expanded programmes on immunisation is important in all countries, including those with limited resources. as the rates of target diseases decrease, parents become less accepting of even minor common adverse events. identification, detection, prevention and appropriate communication of adverse events following immunisation (aefi) are therefore essential to preserve the integrity of immunisation programmes and protect public health. the objective of this stud ... | 2007 | 17408311 |
| introduction of haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine into routine immunization in ghana and its impact on bacterial meningitis in children younger than five years. | this report shows the impact of a pentavalent vaccine that includes haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) conjugate vaccine on bacterial meningitis in children younger than 5 years in ghana. a review of the first 3 years of a pediatric bacterial meningitis surveillance program, started in august 2001 in accra, ghana, was undertaken. there was a significant reduction, p = 0.042 and 0.017, in percentage of purulent meningitis in children younger than 1 year, comparing the first year when the vaccine ... | 2007 | 17414404 |