Meningitis with a negative cerebrospinal fluid gram stain in adults: Risk classification for an adverse clinical outcome

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1181-1188

  Khoury, Nabil T ^a   Hossain, Md Monir ^b,c   Wootton, Susan H ^a   Salazar, Lucrecia ^a   Hasbun, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENINGITIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84872972600     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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