Are Haemophilus influenzae infections a significant problem in India? A prospective study and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 949-957

  Thomas, K ^a   Lalitha, M K ^b   Steinhoff, Mark C ^c   Arora, N K ^d   Ratan, A ^d   Das, B ^d   Awasthi, S K ^e   Mistra, P K ^e   Amita, J ^e   Daivanayagam, R ^f   Manjula, P ^f   Jain, D ^g   Agarwal, V ^g   Ravindran, P ^h   Cherian, T ^a   Raghupathy, P ^a   Moses, P ^a   Jesudason, M V ^a   Brahmadathan, K N ^a   Jayseelan, L ^a   Jonh, T J ^a   Fraser, D ^b   Kessler, S ^b   Farrar, J ^b   Halstead, S ^b   Charache, P ⁱ   Arthur, R ⁱ   Manoharan, A ^b   Deorari, S ^b   Arora, N ^b   Selvakumar, G ^b   more..

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions ^*

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^g GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^h GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036532024     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/339327     Document Type: Review

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