The factors affecting mortality in meningococcal disease;Meningokoksemik hastalikta mortaliteyi etkileyen faktörler

Cocuk Sagligi ve Hastaliklari Dergisi

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-30

  Akyildiz, Başak ^a,b   Uzel, Nedret ^b   Çitak, Agop ^b   Soysal, Demet ^b   Karaböcüoǧlu, Metin ^b   Üçsel, Raif ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Meningococcemia; Multiorgan failure; Petechiae

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 39749124370     PISSN: 00100161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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