Burden and etiology of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in a hospital in Eastern Saudi Arabia: 1993-2005

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a   AbuKhamsin, Abbas ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; Meningitis; Neisseria meningitides; Saudi arabia; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; GROUPS BY AGE; GROUPS BY SEX; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SAUDI ARABIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 63449118166     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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