Empirical treatment of adult postsurgical nosocomial meningitis

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 989-995

  De Bels, D ^a   Korinek, A M ^a   Bismuth, R ^a   Trystram, D ^a   Coriat, P ^a   Puybasset, L ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cefotaxime; Empirical antibiotic therapy; Fosfomycin; Meningitis; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 0036035520     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-002-1001-y     Document Type: Article

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