Open AccessComplications of Meningococcal Disease in College Students
Author(s) -
Lonny J. Erickson,
Philippe De Wals,
Joan McMahon,
Shirley Heim
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/322587
Subject(s) - medicine , meningococcal disease , retrospective cohort study , case fatality rate , meningococcal infections , disease , pediatrics , neisseria meningitidis , emergency medicine , family medicine , epidemiology , surgery , biology , bacteria , genetics
A retrospective study was conducted to provide a description of the risk, complications, fatality, and sequelae associated with invasive meningococcal disease in college students admitted in the Allegheny county (Pennsylvania) hospital system from January 1990 to May 1999.
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