A balancing act

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 374-378

  Saha, Somnath ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^b,d   Tierney Jr , Lawrence M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COCODAMOL; COLCHICINE; DESIPRAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; VANCOMYCIN; VERAPAMIL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LACTAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHM; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEVER; HEADACHE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PUNCTURE;

ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; LACTAMS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033521981     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199902043400508     Document Type: Article

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