Isolated Bacterial Meningitis as the Key Syndrome of Infective Endocarditis

Infection

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-50

  Angstwurm, K ^a   Halle, E ^a   Wetzel, K ^a   Schultze, J ^a   Schielke, E ^a,b   Weber, J R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Vivantes Auguste Viktoria Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CEFTRIAXONE; FELODIPINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; SALBUTAMOL; SULBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHODILATATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DELIRIUM; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PATIENT; PETECHIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNDROME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1142297351     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-004-3103-3     Document Type: Review

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