Pneumococcal meningitis: Current pathophysiologic concepts

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 295-299

  Sande, Merle A ^a   Täuber, Martin G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Institute for Medical Microbiology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033369066     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1999.5.295     Document Type: Review

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