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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
Materias:	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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