Pattern of meningitis is Al-Ain medical district, United Arab Emirates - A decadal experience (1990-99)

Journal of Infection

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-25

  Mahmoud, R ^a   Mahmoud, M ^a   Badrinath, P ^b   Sheek Hussein, M ^c   Alwash, R ^c   Nicol, A G ^b  

^a TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Preventive Medicine Department   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0036265234     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jinf.2001.0937     Document Type: Article

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