Clinical and laboratorial characteristics of bacterial meningitis in children Características clínicas e laboratoriais de meningites bacterianas em crianças
Data from the records of 528 children under 15 years old with diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis, admitted at the Hospital Couto Maia between 1990 and 1992 were analyzed. Bacterial meningitis was more frequent in children under the age of 1 year (37.8%). The most common etiologic agent was H. i...
Main Authors: | Rita Lucena, Irênio Gomes, Adriana Ferreira, Julieta Góes, Ismara Araújo, Marielza Veiga, Ailton Melo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
1996-12-01
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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=S0004-282X1996000400004 |
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