Bacterial Meningitis in the United States, 1978 Through 1981: The National Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 253, Issue 12, 1985, Pages 1749-1754

  Schlech, Walter F ^a,b   Ward, Joel I ^a,c   Band, Jeffrey D ^a,d   Hightower, Allen ^a   Fraser, David W ^a,e   Broome, Claire V ^a  

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

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMPICILLIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEASONS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542562999     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1985.03350360075022     Document Type: Article

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