The management of neonatal meningitis

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 96-103

  Isaacs, D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEWBORN INFECTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033944491     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/cupe.2000.0082     Document Type: Review

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