Acute bacterial meningitis in the Gambia: A four-year review of paediatric hospital admissions

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-53

  Palmer, Ayo ^a   Weber, Martin ^b,c   Bojang, Khalifa ^a   McKay, Thomas ^a   Adegbola, Richard ^b  

^a Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033008305     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.1.51     Document Type: Article

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