Acute bacterial meningitis in children admitted to a rural Kenyan hospital: increasing antibiotic resistance and outcome.

BACKGROUND: Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is an important cause of mortality in Africa, but most studies are based in urban referral hospitals. Poor laboratory facilities make diagnosis difficult, and treatment is limited to inexpensive antibiotics. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed data from...

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主要な著者: Mwangi, I, Berkley, J, Lowe, B, Peshu, N, Marsh, K, Newton, C
フォーマット: Journal article
言語:English
出版事項: 2002

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