Etiologies of bacterial meningitis in bangladesh: Results from a hospital-based study

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-483

  Gurley, Emily S ^a   Hossain, M Jahangir ^a   Montgomery, Susan P ^b   Petersen, Lyle R ^c   Sejvar, James J ^d   Mayer, Leonard W ^b   Whitney, Anne ^b   Dull, Peter ^e   Nahar, Nazmun ^f   Uddin, A K M Rafique ^g   Rahman, M Ekhlasur ^h   Ekram, A R M Saifuddin ⁱ   Luby, Stephen P ^a   Breiman, Robert F ^j  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Clinical Research and Development   (United States)

^f Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders   (Bangladesh)

^g House # 35   (Bangladesh)

^h DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

ⁱ Rajshahi Medical College Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^j Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BANGLADESH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 69249177356     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.475     Document Type: Article

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