Abstract
We studied the prognostic value of initial EEG in 36 children with a pneumococcal meningitis. The children were divided into 2 groups: infants under 1 year old, and children over 1 year old. The evolution was favourable in 5 cases out of 6 with normal or subnormal initial EEG. The evolution was unfavourable every time we recorded a status epilepticus. When the initial EEG is 'altered' or 'very altered' the prognosis is more difficult to determine but we did not find any sequelae after transitory localised abnormalities with a clinical neurological deficit. The EEG seems to be important for the surveillance and the prognosis of pneumococcal meningitis.
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