Bacterial meningitis in adults: clinical characteristics, risk factors and adjunctive treatment

Authors	M.C. Brouwer
Supervisors	M. Vermeulen
Cosupervisors	D. van de Beek
Award date	08-09-2010
ISBN	9789090255873
Number of pages	258
Organisations	Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Document type	PhD thesis
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Title pages Table of contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Epidemiology, diagnosis and antimicrobial treatment of acute bacterial meningitis Chapter 3: Community-acquired Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in adults Chapter 4: Community-acquired Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in adults Chapter 5: Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus meningitis in adults Chapter 6: Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis Chapter 7: Nationwide evaluation of implementation and effectiveness of adjunctive dexamethasone in adult pneumococcal meningitis Chapter 8: Delayed cerebral thrombosis after initial good recovery from pneumococcal meningitis Chapter 9: Host genetic susceptibility to pneumococcal and meningococcal disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis Chapter 10: Host genetics and outcome in meningococcal disease: systematic review and meta-analysis Chapter 11: Common variants in the complement system influence susceptibility and outcome in community-acquired bacterial meningitis Chapter 12: Discussion Summary Samenvatting (Dutch) Dankwoord (Dutch) Curriculum vitae List of publications Stellingen
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