Aetiologies of central nervous system infection in Viet Nam: a prospective provincial hospital-based descriptive surveillance study.

Ho Dang Trung, Nghia; Le Thi Phuong, Tu; Wolbers, Marcel; Nguyen Van Minh, Hoang; Nguyen Thanh, Vinh; Pham Van, Minh; Tran Vu Thieu, Nga; Le Van, Tan; To Song, Diep; Le Thi, Phuong; Nguyen Thi Phuong, Thao; Bui Van, Cong; Tang, Vu; Hoang Ngoc Anh, Tuan; Nguyen, Dong; Phan Trung, Tien; Nguyen Thi Nam, Lien; Tran Kiem, Hao; Nguyen Thi Thanh, Tam; Campbell, James; Caws, Maxine; Day, Jeremy; D de Jong, Menno; Nguyen Van Vinh, Chau; Rogier Van Doorn, H; Tran Tinh, Hien; Farrar, Jeremy; Schultsz, Constance; CNS Infection Network, VIZIONS

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037825

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Aetiologies of central nervous system infection in Viet Nam: a prospective provincial hospital-based descriptive surveillance study.

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Nghia Ho Dang Trung

Tu Le Thi Phuong

Marcel Wolbers

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) remain common and life-threatening, especially in developing countries. Knowledge of the aetiological agents responsible for these infections is essential to guide empiric therapy and develop a rational public health policy. To date...

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