Diagnosis, initial management, and prevention of meningitis

American Family Physician

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1491-1498

  Bamberger, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUCOSE; ISONIAZID; PENICILLIN G; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; PUNCTURE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SURVIVAL RATE; VACCINES, CONJUGATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79952277593     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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