Enterovirus meningitis in adults

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 896-898

  Rotbart, Harley A ^a   Brennan, P J ^b   Fife, Kenneth H ^b   Romero, Jose R ^b   Griffin, Johanna A ^b   McKinlay, Mark A ^b   Hayden, Frederick G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; PLECONARIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 2442735448     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517162     Document Type: Article

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