Sequelae due to bacterial meningitis among African children: A systematic literature review

BMC Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-

  Ramakrishnan, Meenakshi ^a   Ulland, Aaron J ^b   Steinhardt, Laura C ^c   Moïsi, Jennifer C ^c   Were, Fred ^d   Levine, Orin S ^c  

^a Sabin Vaccine Institute ^*  (United States)

^b Albert B Sabin Vaccine Institute   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Kenya Paediatric Association   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; SEIZURES; SPEECH DISORDERS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 70350743241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-7-47     Document Type: Article

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