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Data were retrieved from the Swedish National Patient Register from January 1, 1987, to December 31, 2021. Data were analyzed from July 13, 2022, to November 30, 2023.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposure<\/jats:title>A diagnosis of bacterial meningitis in childhood recorded in the National Patient Register between 1987 and 2021.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Cumulative incidence of 7 disabilities (cognitive disabilities, seizures, hearing loss, motor function disorders, visual disturbances, behavioral and emotional disorders, and intracranial structural injuries) after bacterial meningitis in childhood.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The cohort included 3623 individuals diagnosed with bacterial meningitis during childhood and 32\u202f607 controls from the general population (median age at diagnosis, 1.5 [IQR, 0.4-6.2] years; 44.2% female and 55.8% male, median follow-up time, 23.7 [IQR, 12.2-30.4] years). Individuals diagnosed with bacterial meningitis had higher cumulative incidence of all 7 disabilities, and 1052 (29.0%) had at least 1 disability. The highest absolute risk of disabilities was found for behavioral and emotional disorders, hearing loss, and visual disturbances. The estimated adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) showed a significant increased relative risk for cases compared with controls for all 7 disabilities, with the largest adjusted HRs for intracranial structural injuries (26.04 [95% CI, 15.50-43.74]), hearing loss (7.90 [95% CI, 6.68-9.33]), and motor function disorders (4.65 [95% CI, 3.72-5.80]). The adjusted HRs for cognitive disabilities, seizures, hearing loss, and motor function disorders were significantly higher for Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/jats:italic> infection (eg, 7.89 [95% CI, 5.18-12.02] for seizure) compared with Haemophilus influenzae<\/jats:italic> infection (2.46 [95% CI, 1.63-3.70]) or Neisseria meningitidis<\/jats:italic> infection (1.38 [95% CI, 0.65-2.93]). The adjusted HRs for cognitive disabilities, seizures, behavioral and emotional disorders, and intracranial structural injuries were significantly higher for children diagnosed with bacterial meningitis at an age below the median.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>The findings of this cohort study of individuals diagnosed with bacterial meningitis during childhood suggest that exposed individuals may have had an increased risk for long-term disabilities (particularly when diagnosed with pneumococcal meningitis or when diagnosed at a young age), highlighting the need to detect disabilities among surviving children.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2023.52402","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,19]],"date-time":"2024-01-19T16:31:15Z","timestamp":1705681875000},"page":"e2352402","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":44,"title":["Increased Risk of Long-Term Disabilities Following Childhood Bacterial Meningitis in 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