Childhood meningitis in Kuwait: Epidemiology of etiologic agents and the need for pneumococcal disease prevention

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 431-435

  Shabani, Issa S ^a,g   Al Ateeqi, Wafaa ^b   Abu Shanab, Othman ^c   El Sori, Hassan ^d   Omar, Nihad ^e   Ahmed, Hussain F ^f   Al Musallam, Maysoon ^a  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^d AL ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^e AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^f AL JAHRA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^g NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Heptavalent pneumococcal vaccine; Meningitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Type B Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33749819730     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095489     Document Type: Article

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