BACKGROUND: Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) causes significant death and disability in children worldwide, with HIV recognized as an established risk factor for infection and negative outcomes. However, additional major risk factors for death and disability in pediatric ABM remain unclear. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of case data from 3 departmental studies of ABM involving 1784 children <15 years old who attended Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi during 1997 to 2010. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to estimate the effects of HIV seropositivity, impaired consciousness and causative organism on death and severe sequelae. RESULTS: Impaired consciousness or coma at the time of admission was strongly associated with death (coma: odds ratio [OR] = 14.4, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.42, 22.1) and severe sequelae (Coma: OR = 3.27, 95% CI: 2.02, 5.29) in multivariate logistic regression models. HIV seropositivity was significantly associated with increased odds of death (OR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.20, 2.26) but not with developing severe sequelae (OR = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.56, 1.38). After adjustment, infection with Salmonella spp. was associated with increased odds of death (OR = 2.11, 95% CI: 1.06, 4.08) and pneumococcal meningitis was associated with increased odds of severe sequelae (OR = 1.84, 95% CI: 1.03, 3.29). CONCLUSIONS: Impaired consciousness and HIV infection increased the odds of death from ABM in Malawian children. Use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine could greatly reduce the burden of ABM in Malawi.
BACKGROUND: Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) causes significant death and disability in children worldwide, with HIV recognized as an established risk factor for infection and negative outcomes. However, additional major risk factors for death and disability in pediatric ABM remain unclear. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of case data from 3 departmental studies of ABM involving 1784 children <15 years old who attended Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi during 1997 to 2010. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were used to estimate the effects of HIV seropositivity, impaired consciousness and causative organism on death and severe sequelae. RESULTS:Impaired consciousness or coma at the time of admission was strongly associated with death (coma: odds ratio [OR] = 14.4, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.42, 22.1) and severe sequelae (Coma: OR = 3.27, 95% CI: 2.02, 5.29) in multivariate logistic regression models. HIV seropositivity was significantly associated with increased odds of death (OR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.20, 2.26) but not with developing severe sequelae (OR = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.56, 1.38). After adjustment, infection with Salmonella spp. was associated with increased odds of death (OR = 2.11, 95% CI: 1.06, 4.08) and pneumococcal meningitis was associated with increased odds of severe sequelae (OR = 1.84, 95% CI: 1.03, 3.29). CONCLUSIONS:Impaired consciousness and HIV infection increased the odds of death from ABM in Malawian children. Use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine could greatly reduce the burden of ABM in Malawi.
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