Bacterial Meningitis in the United States, 1998–2007

The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis is evolving. In this report, over 3000 cases from selected areas of the United States are described; from 1998 to 2007, the incidence of bacterial meningitis decreased by 31%, but the disease still often results in death. Studies in the 1970s and 1980s showed...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The New England journal of medicine 2011-05, Vol.364 (21), p.2016-2025
Hauptverfasser:	Thigpen, Michael C, Whitney, Cynthia G, Messonnier, Nancy E, Zell, Elizabeth R, Lynfield, Ruth, Hadler, James L, Harrison, Lee H, Farley, Monica M, Reingold, Arthur, Bennett, Nancy M, Craig, Allen S, Schaffner, William, Thomas, Ann, Lewis, Melissa M, Scallan, Elaine, Schuchat, Anne
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Age Distribution Aged Bacteria Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Biological and medical sciences Black or African American Black People - statistics & numerical data Censuses Cerebrospinal fluid Child Child, Preschool Children Data processing Disease control Disease prevention Epidemiology Fatalities Female General aspects Haemophilus influenzae Health surveillance Human bacterial diseases Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Infants Infectious diseases Listeria monocytogenes Male Medical laboratories Medical sciences Meningitis Meningitis, Bacterial - epidemiology Meningitis, Bacterial - ethnology Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology Middle Aged Miscellaneous Neisseria meningitidis Population Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Streptococcus infections Streptococcus pneumoniae Trends United States - epidemiology Vaccines White People - statistics & numerical data Young Adult
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