Outcome of patients with acute bacterial meningitis in a teaching hospital in Ethiopia: A prospective study.

BACKGROUND:The mortality and neurologic sequelae associated with acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) remain high despite advances in medical care. The main aim of this study was to evaluate short-term outcome in patients treated as bacterial meningitis at a teaching hospital in Ethiopia to identify fac...

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Main Authors: Esayas Kebede Gudina, Markos Tesfaye, Andreas Wieser, Hans-Walter Pfister, Matthias Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6051621?pdf=render