Central nervous system infection is an important cause of death in underfives hospitalised with World Health Organization (WHO) defined severe and very severe pneumonia

Vaccine

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2437-2444

  Lupisan, Socorro P ^a   Ruutu, Petri ^b   Abucejo Ladesma, P Erma ^c   Quiambao, Beatriz P ^a   Gozum, Lorena ^a   Sombrero, Lydia T ^a   Romano, Vicente ^d   Riley, Ian ^e   Simoes, Eric A F ^f  

^a Department of Health   (Philippines)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital   (Philippines)

^d PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS infection; Hypoxemia; Meningitis; Very severe pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CYANOSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33847616078     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.09.017     Document Type: Article

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