Streptococcus B meningitis in infants older than 3 months;Méningites à streptocoque du groupe B chez le nourrisson de plus de 3 mois

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2008, Pages

  Guilbert, J ^a   Levy, C ^b,c   Cohen, R ^c   Renolleau, S ^a   Delacourt, Ch ^d  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^b ACTIV Association Clinique et Therapeutique Infantile du Val de Marne   (France)

^c Groupe de Pathologie Infectieuse Pédiatrique GPIP   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; SEIZURE; SEROTYPE;

DEAFNESS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 61349140671     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(08)75496-4     Document Type: Article

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