Extrameningeal complications of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1638-1639

  Apicella, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NOTE; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROLOGY; VACCINATION;

ARTHRITIS; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 2942527102     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421030     Document Type: Note

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