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

Mwangi, Isaiah

Acute bacterial meningitis in children admitted to a rural Kenyan hospital: increasing antibiotic resistance and outcome. [electronic resource] - The Pediatric infectious disease journal Nov 2002 - 1042-8 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0891-3668

10.1097/00006454-200211000-00013 doi


Acute Disease
Age Factors
Anti-Bacterial Agents--pharmacology
Bacteria--isolation & purification
Child
Child, Preschool
Coma--complications
Consciousness Disorders--complications
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Hypoglycemia--complications
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Kenya--epidemiology
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial--complications
Mortality
Nervous System Diseases--complications
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Rural Health