Causes and presentation of meningitis in a baltimore community hospital 1997"2006

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1012-1016

  Gradon, Jeremy ^a   Wiberg, Kjell ^b   Birnbaum, Anitra ^b  

^a SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Classic triad; Meningitis; Presenting symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEIZURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STIFF NECK; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 54449086489     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31817e3544     Document Type: Article

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