Prospective study of nosocomial fungal meningitis in children - Report of 10 cases

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 485-487

  Huttova, M ^a   Kralinsky, K ^b   Horn, J ^c   Marinova, I ^c   Iligova, K ^d   Fric, J ^c   Spanik, S ^e,f   Filka, J ^c   Uher, J ^c   Kurak, J ^c   Krcmery Jr , V ^f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^b Fakultna nemocnica s poliklinikou FD Roosevelta Banska Bystrica   (Slovakia)

^c FACULTY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^d Detska fakultna nemocnica s poliklinikou   (Slovakia)

^e CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^f TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^g MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^h NONE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM; BACTERIUM; CANCER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGEMIA; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHODOTORULA; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; YEAST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, FUNGAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032437619     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549850161494     Document Type: Article

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