Enteroviral testing and length of hospital stay for children evaluated for lyme meningitis

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1196-1200

  Nigrovic, Lise E ^a,b   Cohn, Keri A ^a,b   Lyons, Todd W ^a   Thompson, Amy D ^c   Hines, Elizabeth M ^b   Welsh, Elizabeth J ^a,b   Shah, Samir S ^b,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

enterovirus; Lyme disease; meningitis; polymerase chain reaction test

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENTEROVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878620302     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.096     Document Type: Article

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