Clinical signs suggestive of bacterial meningitis in infants;Signes évocateurs de méningite chez le nourrisson

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 452-461

  Mercier, J C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Bulging fontanel; Fever; Obtundation coma; Seizures

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEEDING DISORDER; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LEG PAIN; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

ANOREXIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FONTANELLES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEIZURES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 68049143104     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2009.02.028     Document Type: Review

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