Meningitis admitted to a military hospital: A retrospective case series

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1223-1226

  Harrell, Travis ^a   Hammes, John S ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; AGED; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867543297     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00166     Document Type: Review

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