Is amoxicillin-cotrimoxazole the most appropriate antibiotic regimen for Listeria meningoencephalitis? Review of 22 cases and the literature

Journal of Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-85

  Merle Melet, M ^a   Dossou Gbete, L ^a   Maurer, P ^a   Meyer, Ph ^a   Lozniewski, A ^b   Kuntzburger, O ^a   Weber M ^b   Gerard A ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

EID: 0029815628     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(96)92929-1     Document Type: Article

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