Postsugery meningitis by Staphylococcus aureus: Comparison between methicillin-sensitive and resistant strains;Estudio comparativo de la meningitis posquirúrgica por Staphylococcus aureus sensible y a resisitente meticilina

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 102-103

  Rodríguez Guardado, Azucena ^a   Maradona Hidalgo, José Antonio ^a   Pérez González, Francisco ^a   Cartón Sánchez, José Antonio ^a   Blanco, Armando ^a   Rial, Juan Carlos ^a   Asensi Álvarez, Víctor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CHOICE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 14344249667     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13070850     Document Type: Article

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