Hospital Medicine

Meningitis

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In addition to ampicillin, is there any benefit to the addition of either gentamicin or Bactrim when treating a patient with listeria meningitis?

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Papers discussed in this category

The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2017 Jan 28

Clinical features and prognostic factors of listeriosis: the MONALISA national prospective cohort study.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1982-07

In vitro activities of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole against Listeria monocytogenes.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1983 Apr

Delayed bactericidal activity of beta-lactam antibiotics against Listeria monocytogenes: antagonism of chloramphenicol and rifampin.

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