Meningitis in elderly patients

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 273-276

  Delerme, Samuel ^a   Castro, Samuel ^a   Viallon, Alain ^b   Boutoille, David ^c   Bendahou, Moussine ^a   Riou, Bruno ^a   Ray, Patrick ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Bacterial meningitis; Clinical presentation; Elderly patients; Viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FRANCE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70349094515     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283101866     Document Type: Article

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