TY - JOUR AU - Perea-Milla, Emilio AU - Olalla, Julián AU - Sánchez-Cantalejo, Emilio AU - Martos, Francisco AU - Matute-Cruz, Petra AU - Carmona-López, Guadalupe AU - Fornieles, Yolanda AU - Cayuela, Aurelio AU - García-Alegría, Javier AU - Jiménez-Puente, Alberto AU - Benitez-Parejo, Nicolás AU - Rebollo, Natividad AU - Rivas-Ruiz, Francisco AU - Ruiz-Canela, MaPaz AU - García-Martín, Francisco AU - Sanchez-Perez, Maria-Jose AU - Aguayo, Eduardo AU - Daponte, Antonio AU - Marquez, Soledad AU - Nieto, Ma Teresa AU - Romero-González, Julio AU - Díaz-Cabrera, Rocío AU - Lara, Antonio PY - 2009 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-9-95 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/717 T2 - BMC public health AB - Background: Mortality from invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) has remained stable over the last thirty years and it is unclear whether pre-hospital antibiotherapy actually produces a decrease in this mortality. Our aim was to examine whether... LA - en PB - BioMed Central Ltd KW - Administración Oral KW - Antibacterianos KW - Oportunidad Relativa KW - Infecciones Meningocócicas KW - Intervalos de Confianza KW - Modelos Logísticos KW - Estudios Retrospectivos KW - Neisseria meningitidis KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Drug Therapy::Drug Administration Routes::Administration, Oral KW - Medical Subject Headings::Chemicals and Drugs::Chemical Actions and Uses::Pharmacologic Actions::Therapeutic Uses::Anti-Infective Agents::Anti-Bacterial Agents KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation::Quality of Health Care::Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms::Statistics as Topic::Probability::Odds Ratio KW - Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Bacterial Infections::Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections::Neisseriaceae Infections::Meningococcal Infections KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Confidence Intervals KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Statistics as Topic::Models, Statistical::Logistic Models KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Case-Control Studies::Retrospective Studies KW - Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Bacteria::Gram-Negative Bacteria::Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria::Gram-Negative Aerobic Rods and Cocci::Neisseriaceae::Neisseria::Neisseria meningitidis KW - Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Environment and Public Health::Public Health::Epidemiologic Factors::Bias (Epidemiology)::Selection Bias KW - Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Investigative Techniques::Epidemiologic Methods::Epidemiologic Study Characteristics as Topic::Epidemiologic Studies::Cohort Studies::Longitudinal... TI - Pre-hospital antibiotic treatment and mortality caused by invasive meningococcal disease, adjusting for indication bias. TY - research article ER -