Acute bacterial meningitis among children, in Manhiça, a rural area in Southern Mozambique
Acta trop.; 105 (1), 2008
Introduction: Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) is one of the most severe diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although data for the continent is very limited, more than one million cases are estimated per year, with mortality and life-long sequelae occurring in 50% of these cases. Methods: As part of the clin...
Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology, Gram-Negative Bacteria/isolation & purification, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/epidemiology, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/microbiology, Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/mortality, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/epidemiology, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/microbiology, Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections/mortality, Meningitis, Bacterial/mortality, Meningitis, Bacterial/epidemiology, Meningitis, Bacterial/microbiology