Meningitis without a petechial rash in children in the Hib vaccine era

Journal of Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-301

  Makwana, N ^a   Nye, K ^a   Riordan, F Andrew I ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Enterovirus; Meningitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROVIRUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; INFLUENZA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LISTERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MUMPS VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENESIS; PETECHIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 5044244484     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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