Fatal Bacillus cereus meningoencephalitis in an adult with acute myelogenous leukemia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 969-972

  Marley, Edith F ^a   Saini, Nirmal K ^a   Venkatraman, Chitra ^a   Orenstein, Jan M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0029089455     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199509000-00017     Document Type: Article

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