Early management of suspected bacterial meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia in adults.
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The early management of meningococcal disease
Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of bacterial meningitis, particularly in infants over three months old and in teenagers. The relative importance of meningococcal disease over invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease has increased following the introduction ofHib capsular vaccines in 1990. In about one fifth of infections with Neisseria meningitidis the organism causes a predominantl...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of infection
دوره 46 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003