Pooled analysis of 2,408 cases of acute adult purulent meningitis from Turkey

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 76-79

  Arda, Bilgin ^a   Sipahi, Oguz Resat ^a   Atalay, Sabri ^a   Ulusoy, Sercan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis, Turkey; Epidemiology; Mortality; Pooled analysis; Staphylococcus aureus; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 36749025169     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109595     Document Type: Article

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