Neurologic infections in a Nigerian university teaching hospital

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-58

  Chapp Jumbo, Emmanuel N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b King Saud Hospital Unaizah ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hospital admissions; Neurologic infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TETANUS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NIGERIA; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747219407     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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