The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in Kosovo

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 823-830

  Namani, Sadie A ^a   Koci, Remzie A ^a   Qehaja Buçaj, Emine ^a   Ajazaj Berisha, Lindita ^a   Mehmeti, Murat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER OF KOSOVO   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Epidemiology; Neurological complications; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; KOSOVO; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEROTYPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KOSOVO; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904397738     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3553     Document Type: Article

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