Erratum: Distinguishing bacterial from viral meningitis: The critical importance of the CSF lactic acid levels (Intensive Care Medicine (2006) 32 (1272-1273) DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0210-x);Distinguishing bacterial from viral meningitis: The critical importance of the CSF lactic acid levels [2]

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1272-1273

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; ENCEPHALITIS; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; LETTER; LISTERIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 33747181312     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0438-5     Document Type: Erratum

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