Streptococcal meningitis as a complication of diagnostic myelography: Medicolegal aspects

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 130-132

  Gelfand, Michael S ^a   Cook, David M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MYELOGRAPHY; NEGLIGENCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030068474     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.1.130     Document Type: Review

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