Bacterial meningitis in Hong Kong: 10-Years' experience

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 366-370

  Hui, A C F ^a   Ng, K C ^a   Tong, P Y ^a   Mok, V ^a   Chow, K M ^a   Wu, A ^a   Wong, L K S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Tuberculous meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 22144446700     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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