On Meningococcal Disease, Its Prognosis, and Undernotification of the Public Health Service.

Autor: Nonell, Ferran, Sorbino, Javier
Předmět:
Zdroj: Archives of Internal Medicine; 7/24/2000, Vol. 160 Issue 14, p2219, 2p
Abstrakt: Focuses on the study conducted by N. Barquet and colleagues proposing an approach to establishing a prognosis for meningococcal disease. Factors predictive of dismal prognosis; Ethical and legal implications of the failure to administer preadmission antibiotic therapy; Protective effect of preadmission antibiotics against the appearance of sequelae and mortality.
Databáze: Complementary Index