Community acquired bacterial meningitis in Cuba: A follow up of a decade

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pérez, Antonio E ^a   Dickinson, Félix O ^a   Rodríguez, Misladys ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENSIONER; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRISONER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CUBA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952483344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-130     Document Type: Article

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