Independent Validation of an Existing Model Enables Prediction of Hearing Loss after Childhood Bacterial Meningitis

• Rogier C. J. de Jonge ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rogier C. J. de Jonge, Marieke S. Sanders

  * E-mail: r.c.j.dejonge@erasmusmc.nl

  Affiliations Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Immunology, and Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Neonatology, Erasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• Marieke S. Sanders ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Rogier C. J. de Jonge, Marieke S. Sanders

  Affiliations Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Immunology, and Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, Laboratory for Immunogenetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of General Medicine, Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

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• Caroline B. Terwee,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Martijn W. Heymans,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Reinoud J. B. J. Gemke,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Irene Koomen,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Westfriesgasthuis, Hoorn, The Netherlands

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• Lodewijk Spanjaard,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• A. Marceline van Furth

  Affiliation Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Immunology, and Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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