The changing profile of pediatric meningitis at a referral centre in Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 491-495

  Wolzak, Nena Katrina ^a   Cooke, Melissa Louise ^b   Orth, Heidi ^c   Van Toorn, Ronald ^b  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE VACCINE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; PEDIATRICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84870408343     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms031     Document Type: Article

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