Bacterial meningitis in the post neonatal period

Indian Journal of Practical Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-156

  Rao, Potharaju Nagabhushana ^a   Kumar, Potharaju Anil ^b  

^a Niloufer Hospital India   (India)

^b Secunderabad Brain Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Postneonatal; Pyogenic meningitis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE; ERTAPENEM; FUROSEMIDE; GARENOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GEMIFLOXACIN; GLYCEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LINEZOLID; LORAZEPAM; MANNITOL; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METICILLIN; MIDAZOLAM; MOXIFLOXACIN; NAFCILLIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; RIFAMPICIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; TROVAFLOXACIN; VALPROIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRONCHOSPASM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG PENETRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; REBOUND; RECURRENT INFECTION; RED MAN SYNDROME; SEIZURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; URTICARIA;

EID: 22144475124     PISSN: 09729607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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