Mortality and neurodevelopmental outcomes of acute bacterial meningitis in children aged <5 years in Pakistan

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Khowaja, Asif Raza ^a   Mohiuddin, Syed ^a   Cohen, Adam L ^b   Khalid, Ahmed ^a   Mehmood, Usma ^a   Naqvi, Farnaz ^a   Asad, Nargis ^a   Pardhan, Khatidja ^a   Mulholland, Kim ^c   Hajjeh, Rana ^b   Zaidi, Anita K M ^a   Shafqat, Saad ^d  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84879216782     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.03.035     Document Type: Article

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