Subdural empyema in bacterial meningitis

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2133-2139

  Jim, Kin K ^a   Brouwer, Matthijs C ^a   Van Der Ende, Arie ^b,c   Van De Beek, Diederik ^a  

^a Departments of Neurology   (Netherlands)

^b Medical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSURGERY; OTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA;

EID: 84871286533     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182752d0e     Document Type: Article

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