Acute bacterial meningitis in children in Hefei, China 1990-1992

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 385-388

  Yang, Yonghong ^a   Leng, Zhiqin ^b   Shen, Xuzhuang ^a   Lu, Dalin ^b   Jiang, Zaifang ^a   Rao, Jingtao ^b   Fan, Xunmei ^a   Liu, Jiaqin ^b   Shen, Youlin ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Bacterial Meningitis Study Group   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CHINA; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030132574     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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