Diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis;Diagnostik und therapie der bakteriellen meningitis

Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 382-390

  Schroten, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Diagnosis; Prophylaxis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEFEROXAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NEISVAC; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RIFAMPICIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; MENINGISM; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 2342589528     PISSN: 00269298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00112-004-0920-5     Document Type: Review

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