Enterobacteriaceae meningitis in adults: A review of 20 consecutive cases 1977-97

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-291

  Harder, Eva ^a   Møller, Kirsten ^a   Skinhøj, Peter ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENMARK; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032795625     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163590     Document Type: Article

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