Epidemiology of meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae type B in children in Bulgaria: A prospective, population-based surveillance study

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 690-695

  Kojouharova, Mira ^a   Gatcheva, Nina ^a   Setchanova, Lena ^b   Robertson, Susan E ^c   Wenger, Jay D ^c   Mechandjieva, V ^d   Kotcheva, B ^d   Yoneva, M ^d   Mangarov, A ^d   Sredkova, M ^d   Hitkova, H ^d   Eginlian, A ^d   Haydushka, I ^d   Kirina, V ^d   Shlmilev, D ^d   Dobreva, M ^d   Kairakova, B ^d   Marinova, T ^d   Djigosheva, E ^d   Deneva, M ^d   Draganova, Y ^d   Vajarova, P ^d   Tabakova, V ^d   Kaludova, V ^d   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Child; Epidemiologic studies; Haemophilus influenzae type b pathogenicity; Meningitis, Bacterial microbiology; Meningitis, Haemophilus epidemiology etiology; Neisseria meningitidis pathogenicity; Prospective studies; Streptococcus pneumoniae pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA; MENINGITIS; VACCINATION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BULGARIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BULGARIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BULGARIA;

EID: 0036374945     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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