Community-acquired Pseudomonas meningitis causes acute obstructive hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 723-725

  Lin, Jainn Jim ^a   Wu, Chang Teng ^a   Hsia, Shao Hsuan ^a   Lin, Kuang Lin ^a   Chiu, Cheng Hsun ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute hydrocephalus:; Community acquired; Pseudomonas meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MANNITOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DROWSINESS; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349255250     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0836-4     Document Type: Article

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