Adults with spontaneous aerobic Gram-negative bacillary meningitis admitted to the intensive care unit

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Bouadma, Lila ^a   Schortgen, F ^a   Thomas, R ^b   Wutke, S ^a   Lellouche, F ^c   Regnier B ^a   Moreau, D ^d   Perrotin, D ^e   Charpentier, J ^f   Garrouste Orgeas, M ^g   Gibert, C ^a   Offenstadt, G ^h   Renard, B ⁱ  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^f Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^g SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^h HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

ⁱ HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Gram negative meningitis; Intensive care unit; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Meningitis; Strongyloidiasis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMINOPENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FRANCE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33644881407     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01346.x     Document Type: Article

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