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Query: UMLS:C0085437 (
bacterial meningitis
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Primary prevention of
developmental disabilities
requires knowledge of the specific causes of these conditions. Postnatal causes account for 3%-15% of all
developmental disabilities
and often are preventable. To assess the prevalence and determine the specific etiology of postnatally acquired
developmental disabilities
, CDC analyzed data from its ongoing Metropolitan Atlanta
Developmental Disabilities
Surveillance Program (MADDSP) for 1991 (the most recent year for which complete data were available). This report summarizes the findings of the analysis, which indicate that
bacterial meningitis
and child battering were the leading postnatal causes of
developmental disabilities
and that children with postnatally acquired
developmental disabilities
had a higher average number of disabilities than all other children with
developmental disabilities
.
...
PMID:Postnatal causes of developmental disabilities in children aged 3-10 years--Atlanta, Georgia, 1991. 862 21
Mondini dysplasia is a
developmental disorder
of the inner ear structures and it is a rare cause of recurrent
bacterial meningitis
in children. A 10-year-old boy presented with acute febrile encephalopathy and right ear pain. In the past, he had suffered from two distinct episodes of pyogenic meningitis. On examination, he had signs of meningeal irritation and right ear sensorineural deafness. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and computerized tomography of the temporal bone was suggestive of Mondini dysplasia in the right ear. Our case highlights the need for (a) screening of hearing loss at the bedside by Rinne and Weber test in case of recurrent
bacterial meningitis
(b) searching for an underlying inner ear malformation if there is a hearing loss.
...
PMID:Recurrent Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis and Mondini dysplasia: Association or causation? 2970 15
