Decline in the number of patients with meningitis in German hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: original communication
In 2020, a wide range of hygiene measures was implemented to mitigate infections caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In consequence, pulmonary infections due to other respiratory pathogens also decreased. Here, we evaluated the number of bacterial and viral me...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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22 March 2022
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Journal of neurology
Year: 2022, Volume: 269, Issue: 7, Pages: 3389-3399 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1459 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00415-022-11034-w |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-022-11034-w Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-022-11034-w |
| Author Notes: | Stefanie Völk, Markus Pfirrmann, Uwe Koedel, Hans-Walter Pfister, Thomas Lang, Franziska Scheibe, Farid Salih, Julia Herzig-Nichtweiss, Julian Zimmermann, Angelika Alonso, Matthias Wittstock, Andreas Totzeck, Patrick Schramm, Ingo Schirotzek, Oezguer A. Onur, Johann Otto Pelz, Caroline Ottomeyer, Sebastian Luger, Kristian Barlinn, Tobias Binder, Gabriele Wöbker, Gernot Reimann, Christian Urbanek, Jan Heckelmann, Piergiorgio Lochner, Martin Berghoff, Silvia Schönenberger, Bernhard Neumann, Wolf-Dirk Niesen, Christian Dohmen, Hagen B. Huttner, Albrecht Günther, Matthias Klein |
| Summary: | In 2020, a wide range of hygiene measures was implemented to mitigate infections caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In consequence, pulmonary infections due to other respiratory pathogens also decreased. Here, we evaluated the number of bacterial and viral meningitis and encephalitis cases during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 02.01.2024 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1432-1459 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00415-022-11034-w |