Complications of Meningococcal Disease in College Students

A retrospective study was conducted to provide a description of the risk, complications, fatality, and sequelae associated with invasive meningococcal disease in college students admitted in the Allegheny county (Pennsylvania) hospital system from January 1990 to May 1999.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2001-09, Vol.33 (5), p.737-739
Hauptverfasser:	Erickson, Lonny J., De Wals, Philippe, McMahon, Joan, Heim, Shirley
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Amputation Amputation - psychology Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Biological and medical sciences Brief Reports College students Colleges Disease risk Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Immunization Infectious diseases Male Medical records Medical sciences Meningococcal Infections - complications Meningococcal Infections - mortality Necrosis Neisseria meningitidis - isolation & purification Pennsylvania - epidemiology Preventive medicine Quality of Life - psychology Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Serotyping Students - statistics & numerical data Terminal illnesses Universities
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Zusammenfassung:	A retrospective study was conducted to provide a description of the risk, complications, fatality, and sequelae associated with invasive meningococcal disease in college students admitted in the Allegheny county (Pennsylvania) hospital system from January 1990 to May 1999.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/322587