Nosocomial bacterial meningitis in adults: a prospective series of 50 cases

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Abstract
In order to evaluate characteristics of nosocomial meningitis in adults, we performed a prospective cohort study of 50 episodes of nosocomial bacterial meningitis. These cases were confirmed by culture of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in patients aged >16 years. Classic symptoms of bacterial meningit …
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Authors Weisfelt M;van de Beek D;Spanjaard L;de Gans J;;
Journal The Journal of hospital infection
Year 2007
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17433493
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't adult female male aged middle aged Prospective Studies risk factors Causality Netherlands / epidemiology meningitis bacterial / microbiology* d van de beek bacterial / etiology cross infection / microbiology* cross infection / mortality j de gans glasgow coma scale bacterial / mortality pmid:17433493 doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2007.02.017 m weisfelt cross infection / etiology gram-negative bacterial infections / cerebrospinal fluid gram-positive bacterial infections / cerebrospinal fluid neurosurgical procedures / adverse effects

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