Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the association of meningitis among children 1-18 months of age with first
attack of fever and seizure but examination finding of meningitis are absent.
METHODOLOGY: This Descriptive (cross sectional) Study with Consecutive non-probability sampling
technique was carried out at Pediatric Department, Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad from 2nd August
2014 to 3rd February 2015. A total of 165 children with fever and seizure but examination findings of
meningitis were absent included in this study.
RESULTS: This study reveals that 35% children were in age range 1-6 months; 40% children were in age
range 7-12 months and 25% children were in age range 13-18 months. Average age was 8 months with
standard deviation ±1.26. Sixty percent children were male while 40% children were female. The status of
meningitis was analyzed as the frequency of meningitis in children with fever and seizure without
symptoms of meningitis was 3%.
CONCLUSION: In this study, we saw the association of meningitis amongst children with fever and
seizure without signs of meningitis were 3% which showed that meningitis may present with fever and
seizures in the non-appearance of symptoms of meningitis which leads to the significances of missing
solitary case of meningitis is dreadful and the early detection may avert sinister consequences.
Arshad Sohail, Chetan Das, Jai Parkash, Priya Hotwani. (2018) Association of Meningitis among Children with First Attack of Fever and Seizure without Clinical Manifestations of Meningitis, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-17, Issue-4.
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