A/H1N1 pandemic: Misdiagnosis in the time of meningitis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7719, 2009, Pages 473-

  Bourke, Thomas W ^b   Shields, Michael D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LETTER; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MYALGIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL;

EID: 69949085428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3423     Document Type: Letter

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