Community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis in the elderly in Turkey

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1223-1229

  Erdem, H ^a   Kilic, S ^a   Coskun, O ^a   Ersoy, Y ^b   Cagatay, A ^c   Onguru, P ^d   Alp, S ^e  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Numune Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^e HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute; Community acquired; Elderly; Meningitis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GLUCOSE; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); BACTERIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CYTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TURKEY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 77955129768     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03039.x     Document Type: Article

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