Cerebrospinal fluid filtration in a case of severe pneumococcal meningitis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 455-458

  Brizzi, Marco ^a   Thorén, Anders ^a   Hindfelt, Bengt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CEFUROXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMA; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORTALITY; SEIZURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029852734     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609037939     Document Type: Article

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