Acute bacterial meningitis in adults: A 20 year review

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 886-892

  Khwannimit, Bodin ^a   Chayakul, Pantip ^a   Geater, Alan ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 12444277087     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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