MENINGITIS & MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE USEFUL REFERENCES
GENERAL
Consensus Statement on Diagnosis, Investigation, Treatment and Prevention of Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Immunocompetent Adults
Journal of Infection Vol.39 p1-15.
Begg N, Cartwright K, Cohen J, & Kazmarski EB et al (1999)
Meningococcal Disease in Adults
NTPlus Sept 17 98(38)
Booker S (2002)
Meningococcal Disease: the facts
NTPlus Sept 17 98(38)
Booker S & Hart B (2002)
The Meningoccoccus Tamed?
Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol.87 p13-17
Pollard AJ & Moxon ER (2002)
Meningococcal Disease
John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chichester ISBN-0-443-04594-1
Cartwright K (Ed) (1995)
The UK Hib Experience
Archives of Disease in Childhood vol.86 p396-399
Heath PT & McVernon J (2002)
Prevention and Management of Pneumococcal Disease
Nursing Standard Nov. 14th 16(9) p49-54
King L & Burns J (2001)
Meningitis: a guide for families
Imperial College School of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital, Publishing Solutions (UK) Ltd., Hertfordshire ISBN- 1-901336-00-X
Kroll JS, Pollard AP & Habibi H. (1997)
Viral Meningitis. Tips to rapidly diagnose treatable causes
Post Graduate Medicine 93(8) p153-164
Maxson S. & Jacobs RF (1993)
Surveillance of bacterial meningitis in Europe 1999/2000
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre & European Bacterial Meningitis Surveillance Project. (http://www.phls.org.uk/topics_az/meningo/meniBacEurIndex.htm)
Noah N. & Henderson B. (2001)
Emergency management of meningococcal disease
Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol.80 p290-296
Pollard AJ, Britto J, Nadel S, DeMunter C. Habibi P & Levin M. (1999)
COMPLICATIONS AND AFTER EFFECTS
Meningitis in infancy in England and Wales: follow up at age five years
British Medical Journal Vol.323 p533-536.
Bedford H, de Louvois J, Halket S, Peckham C, Hurley R & Harvey D (2001)
Neurodevelopmental outcome in meningococcal disease-a case control study
Archive of Disease in Childhood Vol.85 p6-11.
Fellick JM, Sills JA, Marzouk O, Hartis CA, Cooke RWI & Thomson APJ (2001)
Hearing Impairment after bacterial meningitis: a review
Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol 67, 1128-1133
Fortnum, H.M. (1992)
Twelve year outcomes following bacterial meningitis: further evidence for persisting effects.
Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol.83 p111-116.
Grimwood K, Anderson P, Anderson V, Tan L & Nolan T (2000)
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