Postsurgical Pseudomonas aeruginosa meningitis: Report of 15 cases and review of the literature;Meningitis postquirurgica por Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Estudio de 15 casos y revision de la literatura

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 200, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 301-304

  Rodriguez Guardado A ^a   Maradona Hidalgo, J A ^a   Asensi Alvarez V ^a   Carton Sanchez J A ^a   Perez Gonzalez F ^a   Arribas Castrillo, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Nosocomial infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033869833     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2565(00)70641-2     Document Type: Article

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