Clinical features to distinguish meningitis among young infants at a rural Kenyan hospital

BACKGROUND: Detection of meningitis is essential to optimise the duration and choice of antimicrobial agents to limit mortality and sequelae. In low and middle-income countries most health facilities lack laboratory capacity and rely on clinical features to empirically treat meningitis. OBJECTIVE: W...

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Autores principales: Obiero, Christina W, Mturi, Neema, Mwarumba, Salim, Ngari, Moses, Newton, Charles, Boele van Hensbroek, Michael, Berkley, James Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Global Child Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7841476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32819909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-318913

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7841476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32819909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-318913

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