Pediatric meningitis in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 256-261

  Donald, P R ^a   Cotton, M F ^a   Hendricks, M K ^a   Schaaf, H S ^a   De Villiers, Jane N ^a   Willemse, T E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CANDIDA; CHILD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0029956628     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.5.256     Document Type: Article

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