Bacterial meningitis: A new risk factor

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ataee, Ramezan Ali ^a   Mehrabi Tavana, Ali ^a   Izadi, Morteza ^a   Hosseini, Sayed Mohammad Javad ^a   Ataee, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Coagulase; Enterotoxin; Meningitis; Risk factors; Staphylococcal

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN C; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN D; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES INVASION;

EID: 79951610259     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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