Post-cochlear implant meningitis

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 293-296

  Angeli, Simon ^a   Balkany, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INNER EAR MALFORMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642461675     PISSN: 10431810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/S1043-1810(03)00062-9     Document Type: Article

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