Group A streptococcal meningitis in the antibiotic era

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 572-578

  Baraldes M A ^a   Domingo, P ^a   Mauri, A ^a   Monmany, J ^a   Castellanos, M ^a   Pericas, R ^b   Vazquez G ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ADULT; AGED; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032735984     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050349     Document Type: Article

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