Acute bacterial meningitis at the 'Complexe Pédiatrique' of Bangui, Central African Republic

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-128

  Bercion, Raymond ^a   Bobossi Serengbe, Gustave ^b   Gody, Jean Chrysostome ^b   Beyam, Edith Narcisse ^b   Manirakiza, Alexandre ^a   Le Faou, Alain ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur de Bangui   (South Africa)

^b Complexe Pédiatrique de Bangui ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Central Africa; Haemophilus influenzae; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GLUCOSE; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL AFRICA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD DEATH; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPSILOMETER TEST; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 42049098208     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm075     Document Type: Article

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