Community-acquired bacterial meningitis in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1500-1507

  Weisfelt, Martijn ^a   Van De Beek, Diederik ^a   Spanjaard, Lodewijk ^a   Reitsma, Johannes B ^a   De Gans, Jan ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Elderly; Multivariate analysis; Risk factors; S. pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN HERNIA; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NETHERLANDS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749866074     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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