Treatment of bacterial meningitis: An overview of Cochrane systematic reviews

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 945-950

  Prasad, Kameshwar ^a   Karlupia, Neha ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Overview; Systematic reviews; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; PENICILLIN G;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FLUID THERAPY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 67349282019     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.03.019     Document Type: Review

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