Drug use in acute meningococcal disease

Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed. 2008 Oct;93(5):151-8. doi: 10.1136/adc.2007.127696.

Authors

K Cathie¹, M Levin, S N Faust

Affiliation

¹ University of Southampton Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust, Southampton, UK.

PMID: 18809693
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.127696

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Cefotaxime / therapeutic use*
Child, Preschool
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology
Fluid Therapy
Humans
Intracranial Hypertension / etiology
Meningitis, Meningococcal / complications
Meningitis, Meningococcal / drug therapy*
Meningitis, Meningococcal / prevention & control
Meningococcal Vaccines / therapeutic use
Polysaccharides, Bacterial / therapeutic use
Sepsis / drug therapy
Sepsis / etiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Mencevax AC
Meningococcal Vaccines
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Cefotaxime