Prehospital diagnostic and therapeutic management of otogenic Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 172-180

  Østergaard, Christian ^a,c   Høiby, Niels ^b   Konradsen, Helle Bossen ^a   Samuelsson, Susanne ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYRINGOTOMY; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33644597925     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500404060     Document Type: Review

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