Aetiological diagnostics of acute bacterial meningitis in children

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 782-787

  Narkeviciute, Irena ^a   Bernatoniene, Jolanta ^b   Mikelionyte, Agne ^a   Bernatoniene, Genovaite ^a   Baliukynaite, Violeta ^a   Eidukevicius, Rimantas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LITHUANIA; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748095781     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600672541     Document Type: Article

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