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Diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis.

Abstract

This review focuses on recent advances of topical interest regarding the diagnosis and treatment of common causes of bacterial meningitis occurring in children beyond the neonatal period. Tuberculous meningitis is beyond the scope of this review.

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Year: 2003 PMID： 12818910 PMCID： PMC1763168 DOI： 10.1136/adc.88.7.615

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Dis Child ISSN： 0003-9888 Impact factor: 3.791

70 in total

1. Rifampin reduces production of reactive oxygen species of cerebrospinal fluid phagocytes and hippocampal neuronal apoptosis in experimental Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.

Authors: T Böttcher; J Gerber; A Wellmer; A V Smirnov; F Fakhrjanali; E Mix; J Pilz; U K Zettl; R Nau
Journal: J Infect Dis Date: 2000-05-26 Impact factor: 5.226

2. Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aseptic versus bacterial meningitis.

Authors: B Negrini; K J Kelleher; E R Wald
Journal: Pediatrics Date: 2000-02 Impact factor: 7.124

3. Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing systemic infections in Spain, 1979-1989.

Authors: A Fenoll; C Martín Bourgon; R Muñóz; D Vicioso; J Casal
Journal: Rev Infect Dis Date: 1991 Jan-Feb

Review 4. Role of computed tomography in the early management of bacterial meningitis.

Authors: R H Haslam
Journal: J Pediatr Date: 1991-07 Impact factor: 4.406

Review 5. Nitric oxide: physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology.

Authors: S Moncada; R M Palmer; E A Higgs
Journal: Pharmacol Rev Date: 1991-06 Impact factor: 25.468

6. Bacteraemia and antibiotic resistance of its pathogens reported in England and Wales between 1990 and 1998: trend analysis.

Authors: M H Reacher; A Shah; D M Livermore; M C Wale; C Graham; A P Johnson; H Heine; M A Monnickendam; K F Barker; D James; R C George
Journal: BMJ Date: 2000-01-22

7. Randomized trial of four vs. seven days of ceftriaxone treatment for bacterial meningitis in children with rapid initial recovery.

Authors: I Roine; W Ledermann; L M Foncea; A Banfi; J Cohen; H Peltola
Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J Date: 2000-03 Impact factor: 2.129

8. Antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal disease in South African children.

Authors: I R Friedland; K P Klugman
Journal: Am J Dis Child Date: 1992-08

9. Dexamethasone and bacterial meningitis. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Authors: B J Geiman; A L Smith
Journal: West J Med Date: 1992-07

10. Evaluation of vancomycin for therapy of adult pneumococcal meningitis.

Authors: P F Viladrich; F Gudiol; J Liñares; R Pallarés; I Sabaté; G Rufí; J Ariza
Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Date: 1991-12 Impact factor: 5.191

23 in total

1. Use of quantitative broad-based polymerase chain reaction for detection and identification of common bacterial pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid.

Authors: Richard Rothman; Padmini Ramachandran; Samuel Yang; Andrew Hardick; Helen Won; Aleksandar Kecojevic; Celeste Quianzon; Yu-Hsiang Hsieh; Charlotte Gaydos
Journal: Acad Emerg Med Date: 2010-07 Impact factor: 3.451

Review 2. Epidemiology, diagnosis, and antimicrobial treatment of acute bacterial meningitis.

Authors: Matthijs C Brouwer; Allan R Tunkel; Diederik van de Beek
Journal: Clin Microbiol Rev Date: 2010-07 Impact factor: 26.132

Review 3. A 2 year old with a rash.

Authors: K Martin; A Elias-Jones
Journal: Postgrad Med J Date: 2006-05 Impact factor: 2.401

Diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis.

1. Rifampin reduces production of reactive oxygen species of cerebrospinal fluid phagocytes and hippocampal neuronal apoptosis in experimental Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.

2. Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aseptic versus bacterial meningitis.

3. Serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates causing systemic infections in Spain, 1979-1989.

Review 4. Role of computed tomography in the early management of bacterial meningitis.

Review 5. Nitric oxide: physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology.

6. Bacteraemia and antibiotic resistance of its pathogens reported in England and Wales between 1990 and 1998: trend analysis.

7. Randomized trial of four vs. seven days of ceftriaxone treatment for bacterial meningitis in children with rapid initial recovery.

8. Antibiotic-resistant pneumococcal disease in South African children.

9. Dexamethasone and bacterial meningitis. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

10. Evaluation of vancomycin for therapy of adult pneumococcal meningitis.

1. Use of quantitative broad-based polymerase chain reaction for detection and identification of common bacterial pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid.

Review 2. Epidemiology, diagnosis, and antimicrobial treatment of acute bacterial meningitis.

Review 3. A 2 year old with a rash.

Review 4. Pre-admission antibiotics for suspected cases of meningococcal disease.

5. Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Cerebrospinal Fluid using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism.

6. Clinical decision rules to distinguish between bacterial and aseptic meningitis.

Review 7. Assessment of febrile seizures in children.

Review 8. Considerations in the pharmacologic treatment and prevention of neonatal sepsis.

9. CSF Proteins as Discreminatory Markers of Tubercular and Pyogenic Meningitis.

10. Cerebro spinal fluid analysis in childhood bacterial meningitis.