Paediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study of aseptic meningitis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lee, Bonita E ^a   Chawla, Rupesh ^b   Langley, Joanne M ^c   Forgie, Sarah E ^d   Al Hosni, Mohammed ^e   Baerg, Krista ^f   Husain, Entesar ^g   Strong, James ^d   Robinson, Joan L ^a   Allen, Upton ^h   Law, Barbara J ^d   Dobson, Simon ^g   Davies, H Dele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CANADA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENINGISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PEDIATRICS; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 33646370208     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-68     Document Type: Article

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