Cortisol kinetics in cerebrospinal fluid during bacterial meningitis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1001-1002

  Beran, O ^a   Dzupova, O ^a   Holub, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cortisol; Neisseria meningitidis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APACHE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KINETICS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79958101295     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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