Protective role of BCG vaccination against tuberculous meningitis in Indian children: A reappraisal

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-11

  Kumar, Pankajmar ^a   Kumar, Rashmi ^a   Srivastava, K L ^a   Kumar, Mala ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCAR FORMATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

BCG VACCINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 17144386901     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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