Pre-hospital antibiotic treatment and mortality caused by invasive meningococcal disease, adjusting for indication bias

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Perea Milla, Emilio ^a,f   Olalla, Juliáln ^a,f   Sánchez Cantalejo, Emilio ^b,f   Martos, Francisco ^c   Matute Cruz, Petra ^d   Carmona López, Guadalupe ^b,f   Fornieles, Yolanda ^b   Cayuela, Aurelio ^e   García Alegría, Javier ^a,f  

^a HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d Dirección General de Salud Pública   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^f CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SPAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENICITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349139036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-95     Document Type: Article

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