Acute bacterial meningitis

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-306

  Roos, K L ^a  

^a RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Dexamethasone; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; MEROPENEM; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033798702     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9393     Document Type: Review

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