From: Sequelae due to bacterial meningitis among African children: a systematic literature review
Reference | Bacteria | Country | No. of CBM cases | In-hospital CFR | Total no. cases assessed for sequelae | HL (%) | VL (%) | CD (%) | BP (%) | MI (%) | SZ (%) | Any neuropsychological sequelae (%) |
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[38] | Spn | Cameroon | 74 | 39% | 45 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 16% |
[37] | Spn | Cote d'Ivoire | 330 | 60% | 132 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 25% |
[47] | Spn | Ghana | 33 | 36% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[67] | Spn | Mali and Niger | 115 | 67% | 38 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 21% |
[22] | Spn | The Gambia | 134 | 48% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[57] | Spn | Madagascar | 40 | 40% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[51] | Spn | Malawi | 62 | 44% | 32 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 25% |
[44] | Spn | Gabon | 42 | 29% | 30 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 20% |
[33] | Spn | Morocco | 141 | 9% | 128 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 27% |
[15] | Spn | Tunisia | 73 | 14% | 61 | 7% | 2% | Â | Â | 5% | 3% | 34% |
[41] | Spn | Egypt | 106 | 27% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[14] | Spn | South Africa | 79 | 30% | 55 | 5% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 38% |
[54] | Spn | Kenya | 92 | 36% | 59 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 32% |
[40] | Spn | Senegal | 142 | 32% | 96 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 28% |
[54] | Hib | Kenya | 77 | 17% | 64 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 25% |
[60] | Hib | Sudan | 25 | 16% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[38] | Hib | Cameroon | 53 | 25% | 40 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 15% |
[37] | Hib | Cote d'Ivoire | 314 | 21% | 248 | 6% | 1% | Â | Â | 2% | Â | 17% |
[36] | Hib | The Gambia | 77 | 25% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[67] | Hib | Mali and Niger | 133 | 36% | 85 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 28% |
[40] | Hib | Senegal | 216 | 18% | 178 | 6% | 3% | Â | Â | Â | 2% | 27% |
[22] | Hib | The Gambia | 123 | 27% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[66] | Hib | Burkina Faso | 92 | 22% | 72 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 7% | Â | 18% |
[57] | Hib | Madagascar | 35 | 29% | 25 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 44% |
[51] | Hib | Malawi | 44 | 41% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[44] | Hib | Gabon | 36 | 31% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[59] | Hib | Algeria | 57 | 4% | 55 | 2% | Â | 2% | Â | Â | Â | 4% |
[41] | Hib | Egypt | 56 | 30% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[42] | Hib | South Africa | 35 | 11% | 31 | 26% | Â | Â | Â | 32% | Â | 32%a |
[45] | Nm | Ethiopia | 124 | 2% | 121 | 3% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 8% |
[62] | Nm | Sudan | 108 | 4% | 104 | 3% | Â | Â | Â | 2% | Â | 5% |
[64] | Nm | Cameroon | 77 | 5% | 73 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1%b | 1% | 3% |
[67] | Nm | Mali and Niger | 161 | 13% | 140 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 5% |
[40] | Nm | Senegal | 153 | 5% | 146 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 10% |
[41] | Nm | Egypt | 267 | 6% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
[34] | Nm | Morocco | 118 | 1% | 117 | 9% | 3% | Â | 1% | 2% | 1% | 21% |
[50] | Nm | Tunisia | 57 | 4% | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |