Diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in children at a district hospital in sub-Saharan Africa

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9270, 2001, Pages 1753-1757

  Berkley, James A ^a,b   Mwangi, Isiah ^a   Ngetsa, Caroline J ^a   Mwarumba, Salim ^a   Lowe, Brett S ^a,b   Marsh, Kevin ^a,b   Newton, Charles R J C ^a,c  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD STAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KENYA; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

EID: 0035796004     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04897-2     Document Type: Article

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