TY - GEN AU - Afifi,S AU - Wasfy,M O AU - Azab,M A AU - Youssef,F G AU - Pimentel,G AU - Graham,T W AU - Mansour,H AU - Elsayed,N AU - Earhart,K AU - Hajjeh,R AU - Mahoney,F TI - Laboratory-based surveillance of patients with bacterial meningitis in Egypt (1998-2004) SN - 0934-9723 PY - 2007///0731 KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Child KW - Child, Preschool KW - DNA, Bacterial KW - analysis KW - Egypt KW - epidemiology KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Infant KW - Male KW - Meningitis, Bacterial KW - cerebrospinal fluid KW - Microbial Sensitivity Tests KW - Middle Aged KW - Mortality KW - Polymerase Chain Reaction KW - Population Surveillance KW - methods KW - Serotyping N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-007-0280-x ER -