Serious community-acquired paediatric infections in rural Asia (Bohol Island, Philippines): Bacterial meningitis in children less than 5 years of age

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 983-989

  Abucejo Ladesma, Erma ^a   Simoes, Eric A F ^b   Lupisan, Socorro P ^c   Sombrero, Lydia T ^c   Quiambao, Beatriz P ^c   Gozum, Lorena S ^c   Herva, Elja ^d   Ruutu, Petri ^d  

^a Governor Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHILIPPINES; RURAL AREA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHILIPPINES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36348931524     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701466157     Document Type: Article

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