Pneumococcal meningitis: Antibiotics essential but insufficient

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1013-1014

  Davis, Larry E ^a   Greenlee, John E ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NECROSIS; EDITORIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEARING LOSS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VASCULITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037406242     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg141     Document Type: Editorial

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