Bacterial meningitis in the United States, 1978 through 1981. The National Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance Study

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From 1977 to 1981, 18,642 cases of bacterial meningitis were reported to the Centers for Disease Control. We analyzed data from 27 states with full participation from 1978 through 1981. Hemophilus influenzae was the most frequent cause of bacterial meningitis (48.3%), followed by Neisseria meningiti …
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Authors Schlech WF;Ward JI;Band JD;Hightower A;Fraser DW;Broome CV;;
Journal JAMA
Year 1970
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult female male age factors adolescent middle aged Child Infant newborn preschool United States meningitis population surveillance serotyping seasons penicillin resistance sepsis / microbiology meningitis / epidemiology* meningitis / microbiology meningitis / mortality meningococcal / microbiology j i ward pmid:3871869 w f schlech c v broome ampicillin / pharmacology haemophilus influenzae / drug effects haemophilus

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