Children with Bacterial Meningitis Presenting to the Emergency Department during the Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Era

Background: The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in children in the era of widespread heptavalent conjugate pneumococcal vaccination (PCV7) is unknown. Objectives: The objective was to describe the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in children presenting to the emergency department (ED) dur...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Academic emergency medicine 2008-06, Vol.15 (6), p.522-528
Hauptverfasser:	Nigrovic, Lise E., Kuppermann, Nathan, Malley, Richard
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Bacteria bacterial meningitis Cerebrospinal Fluid - microbiology Child Child, Preschool Children & youth Emergency medical care Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization Epidemiology Escherichia coli - immunology Escherichia coli - isolation & purification Haemophilus Infections - epidemiology Haemophilus influenzae type b - immunology Haemophilus influenzae type b - isolation & purification Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Meningitis Meningitis, Bacterial - epidemiology Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology Meningitis, Meningococcal - epidemiology Meningitis, Meningococcal - prevention & control Neisseria meningitidis - isolation & purification pneumococcal conjugate vaccination Pneumococcal Infections - epidemiology Pneumococcal Infections - prevention & control Pneumococcal Vaccines - immunology Retrospective Studies Statistics, Nonparametric Streptococcus pneumoniae - immunology Streptococcus pneumoniae - isolation & purification United States - epidemiology Vaccines
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