Epidemiology and clinical management of meningococcal disease in west gloucestershire: retrospective, population based study

Abstract Objective: To study changes in the epidemiology and management of meningococcal disease in one health district during a period of high local incidence of disease. Design: Prospective case ascertainment and data collection over 14 years, with retrospective analysis of cases. Setting: West Gl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 1997-09, Vol.315 (7111), p.774-779
Hauptverfasser:	Wylie, Philip AL, Stevens, David, Drake, William, Stuart, James, Cartwright, Keith
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Age Distribution Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Biological and medical sciences Case-Control Studies Cerebrospinal fluid Child Child, Preschool Disease Disease incidence rates Disease outbreaks Drug Resistance, Microbial Emergency Medical Services England - epidemiology Epidemics Epidemiology Hospital admissions Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Human bacterial diseases Humans Incidence Infant Infectious diseases Lumbar punctures Male Medical sciences Meningococcal Infections - diagnosis Meningococcal Infections - drug therapy Meningococcal Infections - epidemiology Meningococcal meningitis Nervous system diseases Notifiable diseases Penicillin G - therapeutic use Penicillins - therapeutic use Prospective Studies Public health Retrospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Time Factors
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