Neurosurgical Meningitis: Clinico-Microbiological Profile and Treatment Outcome from a Tertiary Care Center in India

Abstract Background Meningitis following neurosurgical procedure is a well-recognized and potentially fatal complication. The Indian literature on microbiological epidemiology is scarce. The aim of our study was to know clinical, microbiological profile and treatment outcomes of patient...

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Main Authors:	Ravikant Porwal, Abdul Ghafur, Vidyalakshmi P. R., Priyadarshini Kannaian, Pradeepa Arivazhaghan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2015-03-01
Series:	Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:	neurosurgical meningitis multidrug-resistant gram-negative meningitis carbapenem-resistant meningitis
Online Access:	http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1549112

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