Pneumococcal meningitis in the North East Thames Region UK: Epidemiology and molecular analysis of isolates

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-102

  Urwin, G ^a,d   Yuan, M F ^a   Hall, L M C ^a   Brown, K ^b   Efstratiou, A ^b   Feldman, R A ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Greenwich District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029741673     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800001175     Document Type: Article

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