An audit of acute bacterial meningitis in a large teaching hospital 2005-10

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1055-1063

  Stockdale, A J ^a   Weekes, M P ^a   Aliyu, S H ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NECK MUSCLE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STIFF NECK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 82855181722     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr123     Document Type: Article

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