Acute bacterial meningitis in adults: A 20-year overview

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-430

  Sigurdardóttir, Bryndis ^a   Björnsson, Ólafur Már ^a   Jónsdóttir, Kristín E ^b   Erlendsdóttir, Helga ^b   Gudmundsson, Sigurdur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842375676     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.4.425     Document Type: Article

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