Evolution of bacterial meningitis diagnosis in Sao Paulo State-Brazil and future challenges
Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a severe disease and still represents a serious public health problem with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The most common cases of BM around the world, mainly in Brazil, have been caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influen...
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| Main Authors: | Maristela Marques Salgado, Maria Gisele Goncalves, Lucila Okuyama Fukasawa, Fabio Takenori Higa, Juliana Thalita Paulino, Claudio Tavares Sacchi |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Revinter Publicações
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013001000672&lng=en&tlng=en |
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