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Third generation cephalosporins versus conventional antibiotics for treating acute bacterial meningitis

  1. Kameshwar Prasad1,*,
  2. Amit Kumar1,
  3. Tarun Singhal2,
  4. Praveen Kumar Gupta3

Editorial Group: Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group

Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

Assessed as up-to-date: 6 APR 2011

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001832.pub3

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Prasad K, Kumar A, Singhal T, Gupta PK. Third generation cephalosporins versus conventional antibiotics for treating acute bacterial meningitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD001832. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001832.pub3.

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  1. 1

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Neurology, New Delhi, India

  2. 2

    Yale-New Haven Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

  3. 3

    Salmaniya Medical Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Manama, Bahrain

*Kameshwar Prasad, Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansarinagar, New Delhi, 110029, India. drkameshwarprasad@yahoo.co.in.

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  1. Publication Status: New search for studies and content updated (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 8 OCT 2008

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    Third generation cephalosporins versus conventional antibiotics for treating acute bacterial meningitis

    Kameshwar Prasad, Amit Kumar, Tarun Singhal and Praveen Kumar Gupta

    Article first published online: 8 OCT 2008 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001832.pub3

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    Third generation cephalosporins versus conventional antibiotics for treating acute bacterial meningitis

    K Prasad, T Singhal, N Jain and PK Gupta

    Article first published online: 18 JUL 2007 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001832.pub2

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    Third generation cephalosporins versus conventional antibiotics for treating acute bacterial meningitis

    K Prasad and M Coulthard

    Article first published online: 5 JUN 1999 | DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001832

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