Clinical findings and management of patients with meningitis with an emphasis on Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in rural Tanzania.

Introduction: The spectrum of meningitis pathogens differs depending on the age of patients and the geographic region, amongst other. Although meningitis vaccination programs have led to the reduction of incidence rates, an imbalance between low- and high-income countries still exists.

Methods: In a hospital-based study in rural northern Tanzania, we consecutively recruited patients with confirmed meningitis and described their clinical and laboratory characteristics.

Febrile seizures in rural Tanzania: hospital-based incidence and clinical characteristics.

Objective: Febrile seizures may contribute to epilepsy later in life, but data in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. We, therefore, conducted a hospital-based study on clinical characteristics of children with febrile seizures.

Methods: Over 2 years, we screened all pediatric admissions of Haydom Lutheran Hospital, northern Tanzania, and recruited 197 children with febrile seizures.

Aetiologies of altered states of consciousness: a prospective hospital-based study in a series of 464 patients of northern Tanzania.

Background: Empirical knowledge suggests that altered states of consciousness are common in sub-Saharan Africa. However, to date prevalence studies are scarce.

Methods: The study was conducted at the Haydom Lutheran Hospital in northern Tanzania.

The pattern of neurosurgical disorders in rural northern Tanzania: a prospective hospital-based study.

Background/objectives: The prudent allocation of neurosurgical resources and training efforts requires an understanding of prevalence and clinical pattern of neurosurgical disorders in a particular region. The aim of our study was to assess the hospital-based prevalence of neurosurgical disease in the setting of rural sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods: The study was conducted at Haydom Lutheran Hospital in northern Tanzania.