Nosocomial meningitis with dual agents and treatment with intraventricular gentamicin;Çift etkenli nozokomiyal menenjit ve intraventriküler gentamisin tedavisi

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-501

  Öztoprak, Nefise ^a   Çelebi, Güven ^a   Baruönü, Fatma ^a   Kalayci, Murat ^a  

^a Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Extended spectrum beta lactamase; Intraventricular antibiotic treatment; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Nosocomial meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 52349111189     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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