Aseptic meningitis after neurosurgery: A demonstration of bacterial involvement

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 230-234

  Druel, Bénédicte ^a   Vandenesch, François ^a   Greenland, Timothy ^b   Verneau, Valérie ^a   Grando, Jacqueline ^a   Salord, François ^c   Christen, Richard ^d   Etienne, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

16S DNA; Aseptic meningitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 0000071122     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00567.x     Document Type: Article

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