Clinical outcome of neonatal bacterial meningitis according to birth weight

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 65, Issue 4 B, 2007, Pages 1149-1153

  Krebs, Vera Lúcia Jornada ^a,b   Costa, Gleise Aparecida Moraes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FMUSP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Neonatal meningitis; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 41549167611     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2007000700011     Document Type: Article

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