Community-acquired Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in adults
Brouwer MC;van de Beek D;Heckenberg SG;Spanjaard L;de Gans J;;
clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the european society of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases2007Vol. 13pp. -
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mc2007clinicalcommunity-acquired
Abstract
Haemophilus influenzae is an uncommon cause of bacterial meningitis in adults. This report describes a prospective evaluation of 16 episodes of community-acquired H. influenzae meningitis in a nationwide study on bacterial meningitis. Predisposing conditions were present in eight (50%) of the 16 epi …