Bacterial meningitis: Rapid diagnosis and microbial profile: A multicentered study

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-120

  Shameem, Sultana ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^b   Neelagund, Y F ^c  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b S S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial CSF culture; Gram stain and LAT; Pyogenic meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55849092851     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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