Supplement to Reefhuis J et al. Risk of Bacterial Meningitis in Children with Cochlear Implants. N Engl J Med 2003;349:435-45.

Supplementary Appendixes 1 and 2

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Supplementary Appendix 1. Number of Cases of Meningitis per 100,000 Person-Years among Children Who Received a Cochlear Implant Including a Positioner or an Implant without a Positioner between 1999 and 2002, According to the Time since Implantation.

Data on implants with a positioner are for models AB-5100H and AB-5100H-11 (Advanced Bionics); data on children who received model 5100H (Advanced Bionics), for which the use of a positioner was optional, were included in the group without a positioner, because information on the use or nonuse of the positioner was not available for children who were not included in the case–control investigation.

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Supplementary Appendix 2. Pneumococcal Immunization Schedules for Children with Cochlear Implants.*

References

1. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine shortage resolved. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2003;52:446-7. (Also available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5219a6.htm.)

2. Preventing pneumococcal disease among infants and young children: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2000;49(RR-9):1-35. (Also available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4909.pdf.)

3. Prevention of pneumococcal disease: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep 1997;46(RR-8):1-24. (Also available at ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Publications/mmwr/rr/rr4608.pdf.)


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