Bacteriological profile of community acquired acute bacterial meningitis: A ten-year retrospective study in a tertiary neurocare centre in South India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-114

  Mani, R ^a   Pradhan, S ^a   Nagarathna, S ^a   Wasiulla, R ^a   Chandramuki, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Community acquired bacterial meningitis; Pyogenic meningitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED MENINGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GRAM STAINING; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INDIA; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34250792222     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.32715     Document Type: Article

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