Common problems in antibiotic chemotherapy for bacterial diseases of the central nervous system. Case studies and suggestions for initial treatment;Haufige Probleme bei der antibiotischen Chemotherapie bakterieller ZNS-Erkrankungen. Fallbeispiele und Vorschlage fur die Initialbehandlung

Nervenarzt

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 331-335

  Bitsch, A ^a   Prange, H ^a   Jansen, J ^a   Nau, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

antibiotic treatment; bacterial meningoencephalitis; listerial meningitis; meningococcal meningitis; pneumococcal meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BLOOD; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0030995408     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050131     Document Type: Article

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