Outcome in patients with bacterial meningitis presenting with a minimal Glasgow Coma Scale score
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- Received February 10, 2014
- Accepted in final form April 3, 2014
- First Published May 15, 2014.
Author Disclosures
- Marjolein J. Lucas, MD,
- Matthijs C. Brouwer, MD, PhD,
- Arie van der Ende, PhD and
- Diederik van de Beek, MD, PhD
- Marjolein J. Lucas, MD,
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- Matthijs C. Brouwer, MD, PhD,
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(1) Dutch Scientific Organization [NWO], Veni Grant nr 916.130.78, 2012
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(1) European Federation of Neurological Sciences, Scientific fellowship grant, 2011; (2) European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Research Grant, 2011
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- Arie van der Ende, PhD and
Served on the scientific advisory boards for GSK (2011 and 2012) and Pfizer (2011 and 2012)
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- Diederik van de Beek, MD, PhD
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BMC Infectious Diseases, Associate Editor, 2008-now Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group, Editor, 2002-now
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Omeros. Research grant on complement inhibition in meningitis.
Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI-NL). Analysis of exonic variants in patients with bacterial meningitis (principle investigator: period, 2011-2012). European Research Council (ERC). ERC Starting Grant. Nationwide prospective study on community-acquired bacterial meningitis: from genetics to therapy (principle investigator: period, 2011-2016). ERC FP-7. The genetic basis of meningococcal and other life threatening bacterial infections of childhood (part as principle investigator: 2011-2014 [principle investigator: Prof. Levin, London]). ZonMW Vidi. Host and pathogen genetics in bacterial meningitis (principle investigator: 2011-2015).NWO TOP. Sepsis associated delirium: mechanisms, interventions and outcome (co-principle investigator: 2010-2013). ZonMw Costs and effectiveness. Randomized controlled trial on antibiotic prophylaxis with ceftriaxone to prevent infections in patients with stroke (co-principle investigator: 2009-2012).
The Academic Medical Center (AMC Fellowship 2008; principle investigator: period, 2008-2013).
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- From the Departments of Neurology (M.J.L., M.C.B., D.v.d.B.) and Medical Microbiology (A.v.d.E.) and the Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis (A.v.d.E.), Academic Medical Center, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Correspondence to Dr. van de Beek: d.vandebeek{at}amc.uva.nl
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