Management of severe community-acquired septic meningitis in adults: From emergency department to intensive care unit

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-118

  Hsu, Chia Lin ^a   Chang, Chia Hsuin ^a   Wong, King Nang ^b   Chen, Kuan Yu ^a   Yu, Chong Jen ^a   Yang, Pan Chyr ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Da Chen General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Intensive care unit; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 63049111714     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60041-3     Document Type: Article

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