Epidemiology of invasive infections with Neisseria meningitidis;Epidemiologie invasiver infektionen durch Neisseria meningitidis

Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-381

  Vogel, U ^a   Ellas, J ^a   Claus, H ^a   Hessler, F ^a   Frosch, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Neisseria meningitidis; Nosocomial infections; Risk factors; Travel

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMMUNITY; CONSULTATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TRAVEL; VACCINATION;

EID: 2342537883     PISSN: 00269298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00112-004-0922-3     Document Type: Review

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