Prognostic factors in acute bacterial meningitis in children. A case control study;Factores pronósticos en meningitis bacteriana aguda en niños. Estudio caso-control

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1323-1329

  Skarmeta M, Marcos ^a   Herrera L, Patricio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Meningitis, bacterial; Prognosis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 3242819797     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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