Comparison of the clinical characteristics and outcomes of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-91

  Jung, Jiwon ^a   Park, Ki Ho ^b   Park, Seong Yeon ^c   Song, Eun Hee ^a   Lee, Eun Jung ^d   Choi, Seong Ho ^e   Choo, Eun Ju ^f   Kwak, Yee Gyung ^g   Sung, Heungsup ^a   Kim, Sung Han ^a   Lee, Sang Oh ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Woo, Jun Hee ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^g Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae; Meningitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE MENINGITIS; KOREA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928358663     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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