Mortality in penicillin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 671-672

  Klugman, Keith P ^a,b   Walsh, Amanda L ^c   Phiri, Amos ^c   Molyneux, Elizabeth M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALAWI; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHLORAMPHENICOL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50949129816     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31817709cf     Document Type: Letter

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