Aseptic meningitis after intraventricular administration of gentamicin

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 103-107

  Haase, K K ^a   Lapointe, M ^b   Haines, S J ^b  

^a Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENINGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0035165536     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.21.1.103.34438     Document Type: Article

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