Group A streptococcal meningitis in a pregnant woman;Meningite a streptocoque β-hemolytique du groupe A chez une femme enceinte

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 126, Issue 43, 1996, Pages 1842-1844

  Ferrazzini, G ^a   Peduzzi, R ^b   Balestra, B ^a  

^a Ospedale Beata Vergine   (Switzerland)

^b Institut Cantonal de Bactériologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; NEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0029837153     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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