Acute bacterial meningitis in children presenting to the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK and the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi: A world of difference

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-37

  Molyneux, Elizabeth ^a   Riordan, F Andrew I ^c   Walsh, Amanda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b Wellcome Research Laboratories   (Malawi)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; MENINGITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644511091     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532806X90583     Document Type: Article

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