Clinical characteristics of adult Escherichia coli meningitis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 168-170

  Yang, Tzu Ming ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a   Huang, Chi Ren ^a   Tsai, Hui Hong ^a   Tsai, Nai Wen ^a   Lee, Ping Yu ^a   Chien, Chun Chih ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; IMIPENEM; LATAMOXEF; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG CHOICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 23844449445     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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