Haemophilus influenzae type b still remains a leading cause of meningitis among unvaccinated children - A prospective CSF analysis study

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 331-334

  Uduman, S A ^a   Adeyemi, E ^a   El Khadir, A ^b   Jose, K ^a   Benedict, S ^a   Bener, A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; LACTIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034514107     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.6.331     Document Type: Article

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