Risk of bacterial meningitis in children with cochlear implants

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-445

  Reefhuis, Jennita ^a,b   Honein, Margaret A ^a   Whitney, Cynthia G ^c   Chamany, Shadi ^b,c   Mann, Eric A ^e   Biernath, Krista R ^a   Broder, Karen ^b,d   Manning, Susan ^b,f   Avashia, Swati ^b,g   Victor, Marcia ^a   Costa, Pamela ^a   Devine, Owen ^a   Graham, Ann ^e   Boyle, Coleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NY City Dept of Hlth/Mental Hyg   (United States)

^g TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INNER EAR; PROSTHESIS; RISK FACTOR; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; COHORT STUDIES; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042343802     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa031101     Document Type: Article

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