Incidence and etiological agents of bacterial meningitis among children <5 years of age in two districts of Romania

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 523-528

  Luca, V ^a   Gessner, B D ^b,c   Luca, C ^a   Turcu, T ^a   Rugina, S ^d   Rugina, C ^d   Ilie, M ^d   Novakova, E ^e   Vlasich, C ^f  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Clin Hosp of Infectious Diseases ^*  (United States)

^d Infectious Diseases Hospital   (Romania)

^e State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

^f Aventis Pasteur   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROMANIA; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

EID: 3242889292     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1169-6     Document Type: Article

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