Prospective validation of a diagnosis model as an aid to therapeutic decision-making in acute meningitis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 422-426

  Baty, V ^a   Viel, J F ^b   Schuhmacher, H ^a   Jaeger, F ^c   Canton, P ^a   Hoen, B ^a,c  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b Lab Physiologie et Pharmacologie   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MODEL; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0033925467     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960000287     Document Type: Article

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