Korean J Pediatr Infect Dis.  2003 Nov;10(2):193-199. 10.14776/kjpid.2003.10.2.193.

An Epidemiologic Investigation of Aseptic Meningitis Occurred in Pohang City : 1997~2002

• Kim SH
• Cheong HK
• Jung C
• Lee S
• Ko JT
• Kim MK
• Jeoung EY
• Bae SH

• KMID: 2440087
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14776/kjpid.2003.10.2.193

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was performed to investigate the epidemiologic feature of aseptic meningitis in Pohang city for 6 years from 1997 to 2002.
METHODS
We reviewed the clinical records of 1,839(1,138 male and 701 female) aseptic meningitis patients who had been admitted to 3 general hospitals in Pohang city from 1997 to 2002.
RESULTS
1,750 cases(1,078 male and 672 female) were selected as aseptic meningitis by reviewing clinical records. The ratio of male to female was 1.6 : 1. Aseptic meningitis occured in children of all age groups, and the prevalent age group was different by year. The most common developed month was June(31.3%), and 84.2% of cases were focused from May to August. The time from the initial manifestation to hospital admission was 4.19±2.96 (median 3 days).
CONCLUSION
We were performed to investigate the epidemiologic feature of clinical records of Aseptic meningitis pediatric patients who had been admitted and treated to 3 General hospitals in Pohang city from 1997 to 2002. We have to keep up Our study for consideration of the basic of Aseptic meningitis epidemiology and long term control is necessary to prevention the impact of Aseptic meningitis because Aseptic meningitis pediatric patients were continuously recorded by Epidemiological annual report in Pohang city.

Keyword

Meningitis; Aseptic; Epidemiologic study

MeSH Terms

Child
Epidemiologic Studies
Epidemiology
Female
Gyeongsangbuk-do*
Hospitals, General
Humans
Male
Meningitis
Meningitis, Aseptic*