Systematic review: Neonatal meningitis in the developing world

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 672-679

  Furyk, J S ^a   Swann, O ^b   Molyneux, E ^b,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Developing countries; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CALCIUM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; STEROID;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; NEONATE; PATHOGEN; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BILIARY SLUDGE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PENETRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KERNICTERUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEWBORN MENINGITIS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; RISK FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 79955786503     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02750.x     Document Type: Review

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