Clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute bacterial meningitis in elderly patients over 65: a hospital-based study

BACKGROUND: To examine the clinical characteristics of bacterial meningitis in elderly patients. METHODS: 261 patients with adult bacterial meningitis (ABM), collected during a study period of 11 years (2000-2010), were included for study. Among them, 87 patients aged ≥ 65 years and were classified...

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Autores principales: Lai, Wei-An, Chen, Shu-Fang, Tsai, Nai-Wen, Chang, Chiung-Chih, Chang, Wen-Neng, Lu, Cheng-Hsien, Chuang, Yao-Chung, Chien, Chun-Chih, Huang, Chi-Ren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22204457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-91

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22204457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-91

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