β-Lactam Antibiotics in the Treatment of Neuroborreliosis in Children: Preliminary Results

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-177

  Millner, M M ^a   Thalhammer, G H ^a   Dittrich, P ^b   Spork, K D ^a   Brunner, M ^a   Georgopoulos, A ^c  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030101287     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01713334     Document Type: Article

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