Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1998-2007

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2016-2025

  Thigpen, Michael C ^a   Whitney, Cynthia G ^a   Messonnier, Nancy E ^a   Zell, Elizabeth R ^a   Lynfield, Ruth ^c   Hadler, James L ^d   Harrison, Lee H ^e   Farley, Monica M ^b   Reingold, Arthur ^f   Bennett, Nancy M ^g   Craig, Allen S ^h   Schaffner, William ^h   Thomas, Ann ⁱ   Lewis, Melissa M ^a   Scallan, Elaine ^a   Schuchat, Anne ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CDC   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FATALITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957445348     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1005384     Document Type: Article

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