Postsurgical meningitis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii associated with high mortality

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 15-16

  Huttova, M ^a,b,c   Freybergh, R F ^a,b,c   Rudinsky, B ^a,b,c   Sramka, M ^a,b,c   Kisac, P ^a,b,c   Bauer, F ^a,b,c   Ondrusova, A ^a,b,c  

^a St Lesley School of Nursing   (Slovakia)

^b St Elizabeth University College of Health and Social Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c St Elizabeth University College Projects in Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROORGANISM; NEUROSURGERY; NOSOCOMIAL MENINGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 37849023589     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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