Pediatric Neurology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 180-183 , March 2005

Intra-hospital lethality among infants with pyogenic meningitis

  • Rita Lucena, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. Lucena; R. Padre Feijó; Hospital das Clínicas; 1° andar Divisão de Neurologia e Epidemiologia; Canela CEP: 40.110-170; Salvador-Bahia, Brasil
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  • Natascha Fonseca, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Luciana Nunes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Adriana Cardoso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Julieta Goes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Maria Cecília Correia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Eduardo Cardoso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Fernanda Queirós, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Luzia Poliana Anjos, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Camila Vila-Nova, BS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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  • Ailton Melo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology (DINEP)-Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Received 31 March 2004 ,Accepted 14 September 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.09.016

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 180-183 , March 2005

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