Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis in Alcoholic Patients
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Community-Acquired Bacterial Meningitis in Alcoholic Patients
BACKGROUND Alcoholism is associated with susceptibility to infectious disease, particularly bacterial pneumonia. In the present study we described characteristics in alcoholic patients with bacterial meningitis and delineate the differences with findings in non-alcoholic adults with bacterial meningitis. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS This was a prospective nationwide observational cohort study i...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009102