Predictors of bacterial meningitis in the era after Haemophilus influenzae

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1301-1306

  Freedman, Stephen B ^a,b   Marrocco, Angela ^b   Pirie, Jonathan ^a   Dick, Paul T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRAIN PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0035211642     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.155.12.1301     Document Type: Article

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