Clinical presentation of acute bacterial meningitis in Qatar

Neurosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 266-271

  Elsaid, Mahmoud F ^a   Alsoub, Hussam ^a   Bessisso, Mohammed S ^a   Janahi, Mohammad A ^a   Elshafie, Sittana S ^a   Flamerzi, Amina A ^a   Abdulla, Mahmoud I ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0036820723     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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