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

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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Main Authors: Cristiana M. Nascimento-Carvalho, Otávio A. Moreno-Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2004-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
meningitis
childhood
Haemophilus influenzae type b
immunization
cerebrospinal fluid
bacterial meningitis of unknown etiology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000200011&tlng=en

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