Seven days vs. 10 days ceftriaxone therapy in bacterial meningitis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 273-279

  Singhi, Pratibha ^a   Kaushal, Monika ^a   Singhi, Sunit ^a   Ray, Pallabh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEARING TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036800174     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.5.273     Document Type: Article

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