Etiology of bacterial meningitis among children aged 2-59 months in Salvador, Northeast Brazil, before and after routine use of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine
OBJECTIVE: To describe the frequency of etiologic agents of bacterial meningitis (BM) among children aged 2-59 months in a sample of patients in Salvador, Northeast Brazil, with emphasis on the frequency of BM of unknown etiology (BMUE), just before, during and after the implementation of routine im...
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| Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2004-06-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000200011&tlng=en |