Recurrent meningitis in the pediatric patient - The Otolaryngologist's role

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-208

  Drummond, D S ^a   De Jong, A L ^a   Giannoni, C ^b   Sulek, M ^a   Friedman, E M ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiological; Immunological; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIOLOGY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

AUDIOMETRY; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CHILD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033602835     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(99)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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