Epidemiology of post-neonatal bacterial meningitis in Cape Town children

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-56

  Hussey, G ^a   Schaaf, H ^b   Hanslo, D ^a   Hitchcock, J ^c   Coetzee, G ^c   Pitout, J ^b   Malan, H ^a   Donald, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031040305     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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