The rise and fall of epidemic Neisseria meningitidis from a tertiary care hospital in Delhi, January 2005–June 2007

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 222-224

  Kumar, Surinder ^a   Kashyap, Bineeta ^a   Bhalla, Preena ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DISK DIFFUSION; GRAM STAINING; INCIDENCE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SMEAR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 58149153162     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2007.070296     Document Type: Article

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