Reappearance of Childhood Tuberculous Meningitis in Sweden
- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14 (2) , 151-152
- https://doi.org/10.3109/inf.1982.14.issue-2.16
Abstract
Tuberculous meningitis has not been reported in children born in Sweden for 25 years. A case is here reported that was diagnosed in 1977, two years after the discontinuance of routine BCG vaccination of newborn children in this country. The patient was a 2-year-old boy, previously healthy. His parents were Swedish-born. The source of infection was unknown.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Tuberculous meningitis in an urban general hospitalArchives of internal medicine (1960), 1977
- Tuberculous Meningitis in ChildhoodAmerican Journal of Diseases of Children, 1976
- Tuberculous meningitis in childrenThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1960