Mixed infection in adult bacterial meningitis

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 8-12

  Chang, W N ^a   Lu, C H ^a   Huang, C R ^a   Chuang, Y C ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult bacterial meningitis; Mixed infection; Nosocomial infection; Postneurosurgical state

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CILASTATIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; IMIPENEM; LATAMOXEF; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG MIXTURE; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0033973905     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050003     Document Type: Article

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