Meningococcal disease in urban south western Sydney, 1990-1994

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 526-532

  Munro, R ^a   Kociuba, K ^a   Jelfs, J ^a   Brown, J ^a   Crone, S ^a   Chant, K ^a  

^a SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical presentations; Epidemiology; Meningococcal disease; Strain differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029759010     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb00599.x     Document Type: Article

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