Childhood bacterial meningitis in Japan

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9 SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Kamiya, Hitoshi ^a   Uehara, Suzuko ^b   Kato, Tatsuo ^c   Shiraki, Kazuo ^d   Togashi, Takehiro ^e   Morishima, Tsuneo ^f   Goto, Yoji ^g   Satoh, Osamu ^h   Standaert, Steven M ⁱ  

^a MIE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^h DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

ⁱ VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Haemophilus influenzae; Haemophilus influenzae type b; Japan; Retrospective survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROWDING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031658761     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199809001-00019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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