Intra-hospital lethality among infants with pyogenic meningitis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-183

  Lucena, Rita ^a,b   Fonseca, Natascha ^a   Nunes, Luciana ^a   Cardoso, Adriana ^a   Goes, Julieta ^a   Correia, Maria Cecília ^a   Cardoso, Eduardo ^a   Queirós, Fernanda ^a   Anjos, Luzia Poliana ^a   Vila Nova, Camila ^a   Melo, Ailton ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; VOMITING;

EID: 13944259452     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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