Clinical outcome of neonatal bacterial meningitis according to birth weight Evolução clínica da meningite bacteriana neonatal de acordo com o peso de nascimento

OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical outcome and the complications of bacterial meningitis according to birth weight of out born neonates admitted in intensive care unit during an 11 year-period. METHOD: Eighty-seven newborns were studied. Thirty-four infants were low birth weight newborn and 53 pres...

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Main Authors: Vera Lúcia Jornada Krebs, Gleise Aparecida Moraes Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2007-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000700011