Pseudomonas aeruginosa meningitis/ventriculitis in a uk tertiary referral hospital

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 85-89

  Pai, S ^a   Bedford, L ^a   Ruramayi, R ^a   Aliyu, S H ^a   Sule, J ^a   Maslin, D ^a   Enoch, D A ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGISM; NEUROSURGERY; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84960158650     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv094     Document Type: Article

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