No difference between short-course and long-course antibiotics for bacterial meningitis in children, but available evidence limited

Evidence-Based Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-7

  Van De Beek, Diederik ^a   Brouwer, Matthijs C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NOTE; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77249104005     PISSN: 13565524     EISSN: 14736810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ebm1005     Document Type: Note

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