Spectrum of Complications During Bacterial Meningitis in Adults: Results of a Prospective Clinical Study

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 575-581

  Pfister, Hans Walter ^a   Einhäupl, Karl Max ^a   Feiden, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0027158764     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1993.00540060015010     Document Type: Article

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