Positive blood cultures and diagnosis of bacterial meningitis in cases with negative culture of cerebrospinal fluid

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-233

  Fuglsang Damgaard, David ^a   Pedersen, Gitte ^a   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THERAPY DELAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39349093684     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701642161     Document Type: Article

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