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Clinical indicators of bacterial meningitis among neonates and young infants in rural Kenya

BACKGROUND: Meningitis is notoriously difficult to diagnose in infancy because its clinical features are non-specific. World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines suggest several indicative signs, based on limited data. We aimed to identify indicators of bacterial meningitis in young infants in Kenya...

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Autores principales:	Mwaniki, Michael K, Talbert, Alison W, Njuguna, Patricia, English, Mike, Were, Eugene, Lowe, Brett S, Newton, Charles R, Berkley, James A
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2011
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217941/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22044635 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-301

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