Advances in treatment of bacterial meningitis.

Bacterial meningitis kills or maims about a fifth of people with the disease. Early antibiotic treatment improves outcomes, but the effectiveness of widely available antibiotics is threatened by global emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria. New antibiotics, such as fluoroquinolones, could have a...

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Autori principali: van de Beek, D, Brouwer, M, Thwaites, G, Tunkel, A
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: 2012