Hydrocephalus is a rare outcome in community-acquired bacterial meningitis in adults: A retrospective analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bodilsen, Jacob ^a   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^a   Nielsen, Henrik ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Cohort studies; Hydrocephalus; Incidence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATALITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84880112985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-321     Document Type: Article

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