Burden of bacterial meningitis: A retrospective review on laboratory parameters and factors associated with death in Meningitis, Kelantan Malaysia

Nagoya Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 59-68

  Basri, Rehana ^a   Zueter, Abdel Rahman ^b   Mohamed, Zeehaida ^b   Alam, Mohammad Khursheed ^a   Norsa'Adah, Bachok ^b   Hasan, Siti Asma ^b   Hasan, Habsah ^b   Ahmad, Fadzilah ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Children; CSF; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924785793     PISSN: 00277622     EISSN: 21863326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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