Lifetime cost of meningococcal disease in France: Scenarios of severe meningitis and septicemia with purpura fulminans

Summary: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is life-threatening and can result in severe sequelae. In France, no data have been published on the costs of severe IMD cases. Two realistic scenarios were developed with national experts (clinicians and social workers): a 6-year-old child with purpura...

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Main Authors: Stève Bénard, Claire Wright, Jimmy Voisine, Catherine W. Olivier, Joël Gaudelus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034115002002