Adult Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis in Taiwan: An overview

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-96

  Chang, Wen Neng ^a   Huang, Chi Ren ^a   Lu, Cheng Hsien ^a   Chien, Chun Chih ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult bacterial meningitis; Diabetes mellitus; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Multiple metastatic septic abscesses; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADULT; ADULT BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

EID: 84865767043     PISSN: 1028768X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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