Acute bacterial meningitis

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1097-1109

  Aneja, S ^a   Aggarwal, A ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031441196     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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