Clinical features of bacterial meningitis among hospitalised children in Kenya

Background Diagnosing bacterial meningitis is essential to optimise the type and duration of antimicrobial therapy to limit mortality and sequelae. In sub-Saharan Africa, many public hospitals lack laboratory capacity, relying on clinical features to empirically treat or not treat meningitis. We inv...

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Main Authors: Obiero, CW, Mturi, N, Mwarumba, S, Ngari, M, Newton, CR, van Hensbroek, MB, Berkley, JA
Format: Journal article
Sprog:English
Udgivet: BioMed Central 2021