Bacterial meningitis in young adults in southern Taiwan: Clinical characteristics and therapeutic outcomes

Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-8

  Tsai, M H ^a   Lu, C H ^a   Huang, C R ^a   Chuang, Y C ^a   Tsai, N W ^a   Tsai, H H ^a   Chen, S F ^a   Li, C S ^a   Chang, H W ^b   Chien, C C ^a   Chang, W N ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645959894     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-006-4144-6     Document Type: Article

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