Bacterial meningitis associated with lumbar drains: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 468-473

  Coplin, William M ^a,b   Avellino, Anthony M ^a   Kim, D K ^a   Winn, H Richard ^a   Grady, M Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Lumbar drainage; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR SPINE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032837880     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.4.468     Document Type: Article

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