Post traumatic meningitis in neurosurgery department

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-25

  Malekpour Afshar, Reza ^a   Karamoozian, Saeed ^b   Shafei, Hassan ^c  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Complication; Infection; Meningitis; Mortality; Neurosurgery; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRAN; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR;

EID: 64549160702     PISSN: 15536203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2009.21.25     Document Type: Article

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