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Bacterial Meningitis
Researchers at Nihon University, Medical Department target bacterial meningitis
April 28th, 2009
" Prognostic factors related to community-acquired bacterial meningitis ( BM) in adult patients have been evaluated using multivariate analysis in the Netherlands, where the rate of antibiotic resistance was low. However, an evaluation of these factors in countries with a high rate of antibiotic resistance has not yet been done," scientists in Tokyo, Japan report. "Thus, we studied the prognostic factors in adults with community-acquired BM in our hospitals, which are located in Tokyo, Japan, where the rate of antibiotic resistance is high. We selected 71 consecutive adult patients with community-acquired BM in which the pathogens were identified and then classified...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-28)
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