Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in adults

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-32

  Tang, Lok Ming ^a,b   Chen, Sien Tsong ^a   Wu, Yih Ru ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032440594     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(98)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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