Current concepts in the treatment of pyogenic menigitis

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1980, Pages 457-462

  Santosham, Mathuram ^a,b   Ancona, Robert ^a,b   Headings, Dennis L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DIAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN; GLYCEROL; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG THERAPY; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY;

AMPICILLIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS; PENICILLINS;

EID: 0019253831     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02759854     Document Type: Article

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