Postsurgical meningitis. Differential characteristics of aseptic postsurgical meningitis;Meningitis postquirúrgica. Características diferenciales de la meningitis aséptica post-quirúrgica

Neurocirugia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-108

  Ramos Martínez, Antonio ^a,b   De Las Heras Carballo, T ^a   Fernandez Mateos C ^a   De Reina, L ^a   Alvarez De Espejo Montiel T ^a   Escamilla Fernandez N ^a   Sanchez Romero I ^a   Millan I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intracranial hemorrhages; Meningitis aseptic; Neurosurgery; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFLAMMATION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67651152883     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1473(09)70175-7     Document Type: Article

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