Neisseria meningitidis: Presentation, treatment, and prevention

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 119-124

  Ferguson, Laura E ^a   Hormann, Mark D ^a   Parks, Deborah K ^a   Yetman, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AWARENESS; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROSTOMY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MYOCARDITIS; NECROSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PERICARDITIS; RASH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0036580766     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mph.2002.118572     Document Type: Article

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