The significance of seizures and other predictive factors during the acute illness for the long-term outcome after bacterial meningitis

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 586-592

  Wang, Kuo Wei ^a   Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Chang, Hsueh Wen ^b   Chuang, Yao Chung ^a   Tsai, Nai Wen ^a   Wang, Hung Chen ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Long term outcome; Predictive factors; Seizure during adult community acquired bacterial meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 28944431879     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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