Acute central nervous system infections in adults-a retrospective cohort study in the NHS North West region

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 749-758

  Michael, B D ^a,b,c   Sidhu, M ^d   Stoeter, D ^a   Roberts, M ^e   Beeching, N J ^a,c   Bonington, A ^f   Hart, I J ^c   Kneen, R ^a,g   Miller, A ^a,c   Solomon, T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^e SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; SEIZURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH DISORDER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOMA; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEAKNESS;

EID: 77957243848     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq121     Document Type: Article

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