Community-acquired purulent meningitis: a review of 1,316 cases during the antibiotic era, 1954-1976

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Abstract
This review of 1,316 cases of purulent meningitis assessed changes in the etiology, clinical features, and fatality rate during the antibiotic era. Hemophilus influenzae was the most frequent cause of purulent meningitis (458 cases), Neisseria meningitidis the second most frequent (396 cases), and S …
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Authors Geiseler PJ;Nelson KE;Levin S;Reddi KT;Moses VK;;
Journal reviews of infectious diseases
Year 1970
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE review humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support u.s. gov't non-p.h.s. adult female male age factors adolescent aged middle aged Child Infant newborn preschool cerebrospinal fluid / microbiology meningitis anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use* chicago pneumococcal / epidemiology blood / microbiology pmid:6763303 doi:10.1093/clinids/2.5.725 p j geiseler k e nelson v k moses meningitis / drug therapy meningitis / epidemiology* meningitis / microbiology meningitis / mortality haemophilus / epidemiology meningococcal / epidemiology

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