Group B streptococcal meningitis in adults: Report of twelve cases and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1180-1187

  Domingo, Pere ^a   Banquet, Nicolau ^b   Alvarez, Manuel ^b   Coll, Pere ^b   Nava, Juan ^b   Garau, Javier ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030776126     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516094     Document Type: Article

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