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The aetiologies of central nervous system infections in hospitalised Cambodian children

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2017
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Title
The aetiologies of central nervous system infections in hospitalised Cambodian children
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12879-017-2915-6
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Authors

Paul Turner, Kuong Suy, Le Van Tan, Pora Sar, Thyl Miliya, Nguyen Thi Thu Hong, Vu Thi Ty Hang, Nguyen Thi Han Ny, Sona Soeng, Nicholas P. J. Day, H. Rogier van Doorn, Claudia Turner

Abstract

Central nervous system (CNS) infections are an important cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. The aetiologies of these potentially vaccine-preventable infections have not been well established in Cambodia. We did a one year prospective study of children hospitalised with suspected CNS infection at Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap. Cerebrospinal fluid specimens (CSF) samples underwent culture, multiplex PCR and serological analysis to identify a range of bacterial and viral pathogens. Viral metagenomics was performed on a subset of pathogen negative specimens. Between 1st October 2014 and 30th September 2015, 284 analysable patients were enrolled. The median patient age was 2.6 years; 62.0% were aged <5 years. CSF white blood cell count was ≥10 cells/μL in 116/272 (42.6%) cases. CNS infection was microbiologically confirmed in 55 children (19.3%). Enteroviruses (21/55), Japanese encephalitis virus (17/55), and Streptococcus pneumoniae (7/55) accounted for 45 (81.8%) of all pathogens identified. Of the pathogens detected, 74.5% (41/55) were viruses and 23.6% (13/55) were bacteria. The majority of patients were treated with ceftriaxone empirically. The case fatality rate was 2.5%. Enteroviruses, JEV and S. pneumoniae are the most frequently detected causes of CNS infection in hospitalised Cambodian children.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 62 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 13%
Student > Bachelor 8 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 11%
Other 4 6%
Researcher 4 6%
Other 10 16%
Unknown 21 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 27%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 5%
Arts and Humanities 2 3%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 3%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 24 39%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 May 2018.
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#7,037,962
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Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#2,218
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Outputs of similar age
#139,020
of 444,323 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#49
of 165 outputs
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