Childhood meningitis in Kuwait in the era of post pneumococcal conjugate vaccination: A multicenter study

This is a retrospective study to evaluate epidemiology and etiologies of childhood meningitis in Kuwait after the routine introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The data was collected from 196 patients in the period of 2010–2014. Aseptic meningitis accounted for 51% of the cases, bacter...

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Main Authors: Hussain Sadeq, Entesar H. Husain, Amna Alkoot, Suha Atyani, Abdullah Al-fraij, Abdulrahman Al-Daithan, Talal AlSaleem, Anfal Taher, May Alenezi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034117300217