Parenteral penicillin for children with meningococcal disease before hospital admission: Case-control study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 332, Issue 7553, 2006, Pages 1295-1297

  Harnden, Anthony ^a   Ninis, Nelly ^b   Thompson, Matthew ^a   Perera, Rafael ^a   Levin, Michael ^c   Mant, David ^a   Mayon White, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ENDOTOXIN; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFUSION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, PARENTERAL; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NORTHERN IRELAND; PENICILLINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 33744936147     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38789.723611.55     Document Type: Article

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