Infant meningitis toll hits teens.

Australian Doctor,  March, 2007  

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By Gabrielle Babbington

MORE than one-quarter of high-school students who had meningitis in infancy fail to reach major educational milestones in high school, despite many showing no signs of disability as young children, a study finds.

The UK researchers said their study -- of 461 survivors and 289 controls -- was the first to assess the impact of bacterial meningitis in the first year of life on the educational achievements of a large national cohort of 16-year-olds.

The study found more than one-quarter of survivors of infant-meningitis did not attain a standard pass ...

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