The evaluation and management of bacterial meningitis: Current practice and emerging developments

Neurologist

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-151

  Lin, Andrew L ^a   Safdieh, Joseph E ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Complications; Dexamethasone; Diagnosis; Lumbar puncture; Management; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHAMBUTOL; GLYCEROL; ISONIAZID; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESPONSE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MENINGES; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 77952088851     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181d14185     Document Type: Review

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