Erratum (DOI:10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.07.010);Ten years of clinical experience with adult meningitis at an urban academic medical center

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-370

  Pizon, Anthony F ^a   Bonner, Matthew R ^b   Wang, Henry E ^b   Kaplan, Richard M ^c  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

atypical presentations; bacterial meningitis; CSF; meningitis triad; predisposing factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIOLOGY; BODY FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33646896224     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.07.016     Document Type: Erratum

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