The emergence of resistant pneumococcal meningitis - Implications for empiric therapy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-211

  McMaster, P ^a   McIntyre, P ^a   Gilmour, R ^a   Gilbert, L ^c   Kakakios, A ^a   Mellis, C ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0036724853     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.3.207     Document Type: Article

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