Bacterial meningitis in children admitted in hospitals within Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-76

  Mirza, N B ^a   Estambale, B B ^a   Wamola, I A ^a   Kariuki, N ^a   Onyono, E ^b   Kabiru, P ^b   Piollet, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINNACET;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031851025     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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