Clinical features and independent prognostic factors for acute bacterial meningitis in adults

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-204

  Vibha, Deepti ^a   Bhatia, Rohit ^a   Prasad, Kameshwar ^a   Srivastava, M V Padma ^a   Tripathi, Manjari ^a   Singh, Mamta Bhushan ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Clinical neurology; CSF; Infectious diseases

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RURAL POPULATION; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957950520     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9396-4     Document Type: Article

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