The impact of new diagnostic methodologies in the management of meningitis in adults at a teaching hospital

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 663-670

  Chadwick, D R ^a   Lever, A M L ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036796879     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/95.10.663     Document Type: Article

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