Culture proven bacterial meningitis in children: Agents, clinical profile and outcome

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 36-40

  Ansari, I ^a   Pokhrel, Y ^a  

^a Patan Hospital Lagankhel   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; CSF; Meningitis; Pneumococcus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEPAL; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VOMITING;

EID: 84862269537     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v9i1.6260     Document Type: Article

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