Treatment of childhood bacterial meningitis with ceftriaxone once daily: Open, prospective, randomized, comparative study of short-course versus standard-length therapy

Chemotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 296-303

  Kavaliotis, J ^a   Manios, S G ^a   Kansouzidouh, A ^a   Danielidish, V ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Ceftriaxone; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0024362407     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000238685     Document Type: Article

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