Acute bacterial meningitis in adults. A review of 493 episodes

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In our large urban hospital, a major proportion of cases of acute bacterial meningitis in adults were nosocomial. Recurrent episodes of meningitis were frequent. The overall mortality rate remained high.
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Authors Durand ML;Calderwood SB;Weber DJ;Miller SI;Southwick FS;Caviness VS;Swartz MN;;
Journal The New England journal of medicine
Year 1993
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8416268
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult adolescent aged middle aged Recurrence risk factors 80 and over acute disease meningitis boston hospital mortality pneumococcal infections / mortality bacterial / mortality* bacterial / cerebrospinal fluid cross infection / mortality* gram-negative bacterial infections / mortality gram-negative bacterial infections / cerebrospinal fluid pmid:8416268 doi:10.1056/nejm199301073280104 m l durand s b calderwood m n swartz gram-negative bacterial infections / transmission seizures / etiology

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