Risk factors for development of bacterial meningitis among children with occult bacteremia

The Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 15-19

  Shapiro, Eugene D ^a,b   Aaron, Nelson H ^a,b   Wald, Ellen R ^a,b   Chiponis, Darleen ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBIOTICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK; SEPTICEMIA; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0022614841     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(86)80564-9     Document Type: Article

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