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Abstract

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total (2006-11) 320·0 (haemophilus meningitis) 187 217 243 182 244 267 1340 320·1 (pneumococcal meningitis) 1320 1297 1301 1192 1052 1106 7268 320·3 (staphylococcus meningitis) 1267 1146 1148 995 1195 1296 7047 320·82 (meningitis due to Gram-negative bacteria) 960 864 991 820 987 905 5527 036·0 (meningococcal meningitis) 752 763 763 612 400 335 3625 Table Number of hospital emergency department visits due to bacterial meningitis in the USA, 2006-11, by ICD-9 code International Classification of Diseases 9 (ICD-9) coding is used to classify different types of meningitis.

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Title
Bacterial meningitis in the USA
Author
Allareddy, Veerasathpurush; Rampa, Sankeerth; Allareddy, Veerajalandhar
Pages
508-509
Section
Correspondence
Publication year
2015
Publication date
May 2015
Publisher
Elsevier Limited
ISSN
14733099
e-ISSN
14744457
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70145-3
ProQuest document ID
1674233192
Copyright
Copyright Elsevier Limited May 2015