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Community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis in adults: a clinical update
- Abstract:
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Background
Acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) in adults is associated with a mortality that may exceed 30%. Immunization programs have reduced the global burden; in the UK, declining incidence but persistently high mortality and morbidity mean that clinicians must remain vigilant.Sources of data
A systematic electronic literature search of PubMed was performed to identify all ABM literature published within the past 5 years.Areas of...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Department of Health
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British Medical Bulletin Journal website
- Volume:
- 131
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 57-70
- Publication date:
- 2019-09-26
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-06-27
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1471-8391
- ISSN:
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0007-1420
- Pmid:
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31556944
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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1058986
- Local pid:
- pubs:1058986
- Deposit date:
- 2021-08-06
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- Copyright holder:
- Ellis et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. This article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldz023
- Licence:
- Other
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