Comparison of clinical and laboratory characteristics during two major paediatric meningitis outbreaks of echovirus 30 and other non-polio enteroviruses in Germany in 2008 and 2013

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1651-1660

  Rudolph, H ^a   Prieto Dernbach, R ^a   Walka, M ^b   Rey Hinterkopf, P ^b   Melichar, V ^c   Muschiol, E ^c   Schweitzer Krantz, S ^d   Richter, J W ^e   Weiss, C ^f   Bottcher S ^g   Diedrich, S ^g   Schroten, H ^a   Tenenbaum, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Hospital Ludwigsburg   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d Children s Hospital   (Germany)

^e Children's Hospital Auf der Bult   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ECHOVIRUS 30; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS B; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGISM; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; VIRUS MENINGITIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTORY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VIROLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROGROUP; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85017470080     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-017-2979-7     Document Type: Article

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