Aseptic meningitis in the newborn and young infant

American Family Physician

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2761-2770

  Norris, Cecilia M R ^b   Danis, Peter G ^a   Gardner, Tessa D ^a  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; IRRITABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LETHARGY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEWBORN INFECTION; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC;

EID: 0033562913     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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