Characterization of chemical meningitis after neurological surgery

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-185

  Forgacs, Pierre ^a   Geyer, Carl A ^a   Freidberg, Stephen R ^a  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMICAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; OTORRHEA; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SEIZURE;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RHINORRHEA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035245099     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318471     Document Type: Article

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