The comparison of Gram-positive and Gram-negative healthcare-associated ventriculitis and meningitis in adults and children

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, 6431 Fannin St. 2.112 MSB, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Infectious Disease Division, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, 6431 Fannin St. 2.112 MSB, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Rodrigo.Hasbun@uth.tmc.edu.

Thomas Rogers et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Jan.

. 2020 Jan;46(1):128-131.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05815-7. Epub 2019 Oct 30.

¹ Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, 6431 Fannin St. 2.112 MSB, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Infectious Disease Division, Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Infectious Disease Division, Department of Internal Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, 6431 Fannin St. 2.112 MSB, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. Rodrigo.Hasbun@uth.tmc.edu.

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