Seasonal paradox in acute meningitis at Nawabshah

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 207-209

  Shaikh, Shams Uddin ^a   Shaikh, Rasool Bux ^a   Faiz, Muhammad Saleem ^a  

^a Peoples Medical College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Meningitis; Nisseria meningitides; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUMMER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; SEASONS;

EID: 0038057858     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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