Outcome of meningitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae type b in children in The Gambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-213

  Goetghebuer, Tessa ^a   West, T Eoin ^a   Wermenbol, Vanessa ^a   Cadbury, Anna Louise ^a   Milligan, Paul ^a   Lloyd Evans, Nellie ^a   Adegbola, Richard A ^a   Mulholland, E Kim ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^a   Weber, Martin W ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Children; Developing countries; Haemophilus influenzae; Meningitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; MENINGITIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTOR SKILLS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

GAMBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034038084     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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