| Title |
Cognitive deficits following exposure to pneumococcal meningitis: an event-related potential study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-79 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael Kihara, Michelle de Haan, Eugene O Were, Harrun H Garrashi, Brian GR Neville, Charles RJC Newton |
| Abstract |
Pneumococcal meningitis (PM) is a severe and life-threatening disease that is associated with cognitive impairment including learning difficulties, cognitive slowness, short-term memory deficits and poor academic performance. There are limited data on cognitive outcomes following exposure to PM from Africa mainly due to lack of culturally appropriate tools. We report cognitive processes of exposed children as measured by auditory and visual event-related potentials. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 63 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 16% |
| Researcher | 10 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 16% |
| Unknown | 16 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 33% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Psychology | 4 | 6% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 21 | 31% |
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