Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria isolated from central nervous system specimens as reported by U.S. hospital laboratories from 2000 to 2002

• Main Authors: Karlowsky James A (Author), Draghi Deborah C (Author), Jones Mark E (Author), Sahm Daniel F (Author), Bradley John S (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2004-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Bacterial infections of the central nervous system, especially acute infections such as bacterial meningitis require immediate, invariably empiric antibiotic therapy. The widespread emergence of resistance among bacterial species is...