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Antimicrobial sensitivity patterns of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) isolates in Namibia: implications for empirical antibiotic treatment of meningitis

OBJECTIVE: Bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency associated with high mortality rates. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture is the “gold standard” for diagnosis of meningitis and it is important to establish the susceptibility of the causative microorganism to rationalize treatment. The Namibia S...

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Autores principales:	Mengistu, Assegid, Gaeseb, Johannes, Uaaka, Gottfried, Ndjavera, Christophine, Kambyambya, Kennedy, Indongo, Lazarus, Kalemeera, Francis, Ntege, Christopher, Mabirizi, David, Joshi, Mohan P, Sagwa, Evans
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987067/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24764539 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2052-3211-6-4

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