TY - JOUR AU - Ramakrishnan, Meenakshi AU - Ulland, Aaron J. AU - Steinhardt, Laura C. AU - Moïsi, Jennifer C. AU - Were, Fred AU - Levine, Orin S. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/09/14 TI - Sequelae due to bacterial meningitis among African children: a systematic literature review JO - BMC Medicine SP - 47 VL - 7 IS - 1 AB - African children have some of the highest rates of bacterial meningitis in the world. Bacterial meningitis in Africa is associated with high case fatality and frequent neuropsychological sequelae. The objective of this study is to present a comprehensive review of data on bacterial meningitis sequelae in children from the African continent. SN - 1741-7015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-7-47 DO - 10.1186/1741-7015-7-47 ID - Ramakrishnan2009 ER -