Effect of delayed lumbar punctures on the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in adults

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 433-438

  Michael, Benedict ^a,c,e   Menezes, Brian F ^a   Cunniffe, John ^b   Miller, Alastair ^c   Kneen, Rachel ^d   Francis, Gavin ^b   Beeching, Nick J ^c   Solomon, Tom ^a,e  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL PUNCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953753823     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.075598     Document Type: Article

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