The aetiology, clinical presentations and outcome of febrile encephalopathy in children in Papua New Guinea

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-118

  Anga, G ^a   Barnabas, R ^a   Kaminiel, O ^a   Tefuarani, N ^b   Vince, J ^b   Ripa, P ^b   Riddell, M ^c   Duke, T ^b,d  

^a PORT MORESBY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Victorian Infectious Disease Reference Laboratory   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARTEMETHER; CEFTRIAXONE; ETHAMBUTOL; FANSIDAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIAN INK; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; DENGUE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FLAVIVIRUS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIV ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MENINGITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECK; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

AIDS DEMENTIA COMPLEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952940211     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532810X12703902243818     Document Type: Article

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