Aseptic meningitis in children - The Singapore experience

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 756-760

  Tee, W S N ^b   Choong, C T ^a   Lin, R V T P ^a   Ling, A E ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Enteroviruses; Infants; RT PCR; Viral culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLEOCYTOSIS; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SINGAPORE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0036880544     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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