Bacterial Meningitis in Children
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs
- Vol. 65 (8) , 1097-1112
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-200565080-00005
Abstract
Acute bacterial meningitis is still an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide. Recently, Haemophilus influenzaetype b (Hib), once a common cause of meningitis, has...Keywords
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