Nosocomial bacterial meningitis in adults: a prospective series of 50 cases

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-78

  Weisfelt, M ^a   van de Beek, D ^a   Spanjaard, L ^b   de Gans, J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam CINIMA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Neurosurgery; Nosocomial meningitis; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; OTITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247501185     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.02.017     Document Type: Article

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