Discrepancies between brain CT imaging and severely raised intracranial pressure proven by ventriculostomy in adults with pneumococcal meningitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 249, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1292-1297

  Winkler, Frank ^a   Kastenbauer, Stefan ^a   Yousry, Tarek A ^b   Maerz, Ulrich ^b   Pfister, Hans W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; CT; Intracranial pressure; Pneumococcal meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0036042050     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-002-0844-8     Document Type: Article

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