Prognosis of bacterial meningitis in children

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 407-411

  Gomes, Irenio ^a,b   Melo, Ailton ^a,b   Lucena, Rita ^a,c   Cunha Nascimento, Marco Heleno ^a,b   Ferreira, Adriana ^a,b   Góes, Julieta ^a,b   Barreto, Ismara ^a,b   Jones, Neila ^a,b   Gaspari, Verônica ^a,b   Embiruçu, Emilia Katiane ^a,b   Veiga, Marielza ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Serviço de Neurologia

^c Neuropsicofarmacologia ^*

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Meningitis in children; Pyogenic meningitis; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030224818     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1996000300008     Document Type: Article

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