Clinical characteristics of post-neurosurgical Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis in adults and a clinical comparison to the spontaneous form in a Taiwanese population

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 334-338

  Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Lu, Chen Hsien ^a   Huang, Chi Ren ^a   Chuang, Yao Chung ^a   Tsai, Nai Wen ^a   Chang, Chiung Chih ^a   Chen, Shu Fang ^a   Wang, Hung Chen ^b   Yang, Tzu Ming ^b   Hsieh, Mei Jen ^a   Chien, Chun Chih ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult bacterial meningitis; Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis; Post neurosurgical meningitis

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIQUORRHEA; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349096653     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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