Etiology of meningitis among patients admitted to a tertiary referral Hospital in Botswana

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 620-622

  Mullan, Paul C ^a,f   Steenhoff, Andrew P ^b   Draper, Heather ^a   Wedin, Tara ^b   Bafana, Margaret ^c   Anabwani, Gabriel ^d   Jibril, Haruna ^c   Tshepo, MacHacha ^e   Schutze, Gordon E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Department of HIV AIDS Prevention and Care   (Botswana)

^d Princess Marina Hospital   (Botswana)

^e PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

^f MC1 1481 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Botswana; meningitis; Pneumococcus; tuberculosis; vaccine

Indexed keywords

4 NITROBENZOIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BOTSWANA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CRYPTOCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 79959717759     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318210b51e     Document Type: Article

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